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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. Who does the Minister of Truth tell the audience he went to school with?
2. How are the workers' houses described as Matigari, Gũthera and Mũriũki pass them in the Mercedes?
3. What does the Voice of Truth announce at 10 a.m. at the start of Part III?
4. Who are people beginning to say helped the prisoners escape?
5. What does the Voice say anyone who is not mad would do?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the verdict for both Matigari and Ngarũro wa Kirĩro? Where are they taken?
2. What is the difference between the workers' homes and the homes of the wealthy that Matigari, Gũthera and Mũriũki pass as they drive in the Mercedes they got in the wilderness?
3. Who does the Minister of Truth tell the audience "the country's... welfare and stability are dependent on" (97) after Matigari is arrested?
4. Why does the Voice of Truth urge people not to harass white people who they think are madmen?
5. What does Matigari say at the Minister of Truth's meeting after Ngarũro wa Kirĩro is taken away?
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 do the boys in the scrapyard want Mũriũki to tell them at the start of Part II?
8. What does the priest tell Matigari that Gũthera should do after he explains to the priest that she broke her 11th commandment?
9. What does the Minister of Truth tell the audience the factory is doing and what does this mean regarding the rest of the country?
10. What does Ngarũro wa Kirĩro say after the Minister of Truth says he will be the only factory worker not allowed to return to work?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the use of dialogue versus the use of description. Look at how each is used in the novel and what makes these uses effective or ineffective.
Essay Topic 2
Pick a character from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?
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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