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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. What do the prisoners ask Matigari when he tells them his full name?
2. What does one of the children accuse Matigari of doing as he follows them?
3. What is the main topic of conversation at the bar when Matigari enters with Mũriũki?
4. Where does Matigari tell Mũriũki he will take him when Mũriũki expresses fear of returning to the scrapyard?
5. What is Matigari excited to see as he, Gũthera, and Mũriũki reach the plantation?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do the men on horseback know Settler Williams and John Boy? What do they think happened to the men?
2. Describe the conversation between Matigari and Gũthera after she offers him "a little pleasure" (24).
3. Why were the other prisoners Matigari shares a cell with arrested?
4. What happens to Matigari when he does not heed the boy's warning not to enter the scrapyard?
5. What does Mũriũki tell Matigari happened to his mother as they sit at the Mataha hotel?
6. Why is Matigari excited when John Boy Junior says his father sent him to school?
7. How does Gũthera decide she can repay Matigari for saving her, despite thinking he may be insane?
8. Who is Gũthera and why does she run into the bar at the Mataha hotel where Matigari and Mũriũki first stop?
9. What does Matigari tell Mũriũki he was doing in the woods and why?
10. What does Matigari tell Mũriũki happened the day he told Settler Williams he could not longer reap the rewards of Matigari's labor?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
Even though this novel has many characters, what makes Matigari the protagonist of this novel? Compare his role in the novel to definitions of protagonists.
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