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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. From whom did John Boy Junior purchase the house and land that Matigari claims is his?
2. What are children chasing after near the factory in Part I when Matigari first arrives?
3. What does John Boy Junior say Matigari must show him in order to prove the house is his?
4. What is unusual about the day each of the men, including Matigari, was arrested?
5. Where does Gũthera suggest Matigari go to search for his family?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Matigari think as he sees Black Africans driving cars at the start of the story?
2. Why were the other prisoners Matigari shares a cell with arrested?
3. What does Matigari witness children do after running after a tractor?
4. How does Gũthera decide she can repay Matigari for saving her, despite thinking he may be insane?
5. What does Matigari tell Mũriũki he was doing in the woods and why?
6. How does the boy named Mũriũki help Matigari after the boys throw stones at him?
7. Why is Matigari excited when John Boy Junior says his father sent him to school?
8. What happens to Gũthera after she leaves the bar? How does Matigari save her?
9. What does Matigari tell Mũriũki happened the day he told Settler Williams he could not longer reap the rewards of Matigari's labor?
10. Who is Gũthera and why does she run into the bar at the Mataha hotel where Matigari and Mũriũki first stop?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Matigari. Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the story’s themes.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay about the author of Matigari. Who is he? What else has he written? How is Matigari similar or different from his previous works?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay examining the belt of peace as a symbol in Matigari. In what scenes does the belt appear? What is the context? How does the belt of peace develop the narrative?
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