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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 professor who sits near the Minister of Truth teach?

2. Why does the Minister say the factory will take back all workers except Ngarũro wa Kirĩro?

3. Who does the voice plead with the people to bring to the police station in Part III?

4. Where is Matigari when he is told he may has well hang himself if he keeps going around asking about truth and justice?

5. What does Mũriũki say the people who drove through the wilderness are doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Provincial Commissioner announce a ban on during the Minister's meeting? What does he change the name Trampville to and why?

2. How does Matigari get a Mercedes to drive he and Gũthera and Mũriũki out of the wilderness?

3. How did Gũthera save Matigari while in prison?

4. What does Matigari do with his belt of peace while in the mental hospital at the start of Part III? Why?

5. What is different about the student when Matigari finds him in Part II after speaking to the old woman in the wilderness? Why?

6. What does Gũthera say she has felt since Matigari saved her life? How does she speak about the female experience after she helped Matigari escape from the mental hospital?

7. What does Matigari say at the Minister of Truth's meeting after Ngarũro wa Kirĩro is taken away?

8. What does the teacher tell Matigari when he goes to him after speaking to the student in Part II? What advice does he give Matigari?

9. What does the Minister of Truth tell his audience he and John Boy Junior have in common? What does he say happened to John Boy Junior's father?

10. What do the boys in the scrapyard want Mũriũki to tell them at the start of Part II?

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

Write an essay examining the belt of peace as a symbol in Matigari. In what scenes does the belt appear? What is the context? How does the belt of peace develop the narrative?

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