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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. How are the workers' houses described as Matigari, Gũthera and Mũriũki pass them in the Mercedes?
2. What does the Provincial Commissioner say he has banned?
3. What new name does the Provincial Commissioner give to Trampville?
4. How was Ngarũro wa Kirĩro killed?
5. Who does the Minister of Truth tell his audience saved the country?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Gũthera save Matigari while in prison?
2. What types of things does the Voice of Truth say their government will purchase with loans from the British, European, and U.S. governments?
3. How does Matigari get a Mercedes to drive he and Gũthera and Mũriũki out of the wilderness?
4. What does the Member of Parliament say is the root cause of poverty and how does he plan to solve this problem?
5. What method does The Voice of Truth say they suspect the patients at the mental hospital used to escape at the start of Part III?
6. What is different about the student when Matigari finds him in Part II after speaking to the old woman in the wilderness? Why?
7. What does the priest tell Matigari that Gũthera should do after he explains to the priest that she broke her 11th commandment?
8. What does Matigari say at the Minister of Truth's meeting after Ngarũro wa Kirĩro is taken away?
9. Why does the Voice of Truth urge people not to harass white people who they think are madmen?
10. What does the Provincial Commissioner announce a ban on during the Minister's meeting? What does he change the name Trampville to and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
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?
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