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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. Whose children does Matigari learn from Ngarũro wa Kirĩro are factory director's?

2. What happens to Matigari when he tries to enter the scrapyard in Part I?

3. What does Matigari tell Gũthera when she offers him "a little pleasure" (24)?

4. What does Matigari share with his cell mates?

5. What does Gũthera ask Matigari after sitting on his lap at the bar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story of her past does Gũthera share with Matigari after he saves her?

2. What does the murderer warn the prisoners, resulting in a fight between him and another prisoner?

3. How does the boy named Mũriũki help Matigari after the boys throw stones at him?

4. What happens to Gũthera after she leaves the bar? How does Matigari save her?

5. What does Matigari do at the mugumo tree at the start of the novel?

6. How does Gũthera decide she can repay Matigari for saving her, despite thinking he may be insane?

7. Why is Matigari excited when John Boy Junior says his father sent him to school?

8. What does Matigari think as he watches two officers, the guard and the tractor driver divvying up the money from the children?

9. Describe the conversation between Matigari and Gũthera after she offers him "a little pleasure" (24).

10. What does Matigari tell Mũriũki he was doing in the woods and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Ngũgĩ’s focus on the theme of colonialism in Matigari.

Essay Topic 2

Write a brief essay analyzing the title Matigari. Explore the ways in which this title connects to the plot and themes of the story.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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