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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 does the Minister of Truth describe his home?
2. Who is the first prisoner Matigari finds after leaving the old woman in the wilderness?
3. What does Matigari overhear people saying about the returned patriots?
4. Who are people beginning to say helped the prisoners escape?
5. What does the old woman in the wilderness tell Matigari are "the new stars" (73)?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Who is the Hooded Truth and Justice and what is his role in serving justice?
3. 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?
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 does the teacher tell Matigari when he goes to him after speaking to the student in Part II? What advice does he give Matigari?
6. 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?
7. What is the verdict for both Matigari and Ngarũro wa Kirĩro? Where are they taken?
8. What is Matigari told when he asks them at the law courts where he can find truth and justice?
9. What does Matigari do with his belt of peace while in the mental hospital at the start of Part III? Why?
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 analyzing Ngũgĩ's language style and word choice in Matigari. What are some words that stand out to you and why? What words are repeated? What words are most impactful? Explain your answers
Essay Topic 3
Read a review of Matigari. Write an essay about how this review impacted your own views or understanding of the story.
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