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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 Guthera believe will happen when the man in the Mercedes gets home to his wife?

2. What does Matigari ask when the Minister asks if anyone else has questions after barricading the room so nobody can leave?

3. What does Matigari say after telling John Boy Junior he will be back the next day to take back his home?

4. From what song does the chairman of the local branch sing after his speech at the Minister of Truth's meeting?

5. Who are people beginning to say helped the prisoners escape?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does the priest tell Matigari he must go to if he wishes to find truth and justice?

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

4. Why does the Provincial Commissioner compare Matigari to Rip Van Winkle?

5. 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?

6. How did Gũthera save Matigari while in prison?

7. Why does the Voice of Truth urge people not to harass white people who they think are madmen?

8. Who does the Minister of Truth tell the audience "the country's... welfare and stability are dependent on" (97) after Matigari is arrested?

9. 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?

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

Away from the main character examine the way the author uses the other characters in the story. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing the imagery used in Matigari. Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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