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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 does the Voice of Truth say over the radio about women while Matigari is at the bar?
2. Why was Gũthera's father arrested after the war began?
3. What does the boy tell Matigari happens to them if they do not pay the guards at the garbage yard?
4. What does the boy do when Matigari is pelted with stones outside the factory?
5. What is Gũthera surprised to learn Matigari does not know as they walk to a plantation?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Matigari when he does not heed the boy's warning not to enter the scrapyard?
2. Who is Gũthera and why does she run into the bar at the Mataha hotel where Matigari and Mũriũki first stop?
3. What story of her past does Gũthera share with Matigari after he saves her?
4. What does Matigari tell Mũriũki happened the day he told Settler Williams he could not longer reap the rewards of Matigari's labor?
5. What does Matigari tell Mũriũki he was doing in the woods and why?
6. What does Matigari witness children do after running after a tractor?
7. Describe the conversation between Matigari and Gũthera after she offers him "a little pleasure" (24).
8. Describe the scrapyard that the man follows the boys to after watching them dig through garbage.
9. Describe the cell Matigari is put in after being arrested at John Boy Junior's house.
10. How does Gũthera decide she can repay Matigari for saving her, despite thinking he may be insane?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing Ngũgĩ's commentary on women and their role in Matigari. How is this important to the story? How does it affect the narrative? Use textual evidence to explain your analysis.
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 exploring how the house plays a part in the plot of the novel, Matigari.
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