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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. Why did the people at Gũthera's church refuse to help her when she needed money to care for her siblings?
2. What does John Boy Junior say Matigari must show him in order to prove the house is his?
3. What weapon does Matigari hold at the start of the story?
4. From whom did John Boy Junior purchase the house and land that Matigari claims is his?
5. What happens to Matigari when he tries to enter the scrapyard in Part I?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why were the other prisoners Matigari shares a cell with arrested?
2. Describe the conversation between Matigari and Gũthera after she offers him "a little pleasure" (24).
3. What does Matigari think as he sees Black Africans driving cars at the start of the story?
4. What does Matigari do at the mugumo tree at the start of the novel?
5. What does Matigari witness children do after running after a tractor?
6. What does the murderer warn the prisoners, resulting in a fight between him and another prisoner?
7. What does Matigari tell Mũriũki he was doing in the woods and why?
8. What do the other women think about Gũthera's refusal to take money from a cop? What does Gũthera say about money from a cop?
9. What happens to Gũthera after she leaves the bar? How does Matigari save her?
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
Genre is a category assigned to a literary work, like a novel. What are some genres that could be used to classify the novel? What is the main genre of the novel? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay exploring the central purpose of this story. What response do you think the author hoped to get from his readers? Do you think he was successful? Why or why not?
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