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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

According to the Voice of Truth, for what purpose have the British and European Community given the country a sizeable loan? for “handcuffs, band and leg chains, uniforms for prison warders, electric fences to help guard the prisons and ropes for hanging those who have been sentenced to death” (112). (from Part 3: Guthera na Muriuki - The Pure and the Resurrected (109-148))

For supplies and equipment for the country's schools.

For supplies and equipment for the country's hospitals.

For supplies and equipment for the country's prisons.

For supplies and basic income for the country's most impoverished people.

2.

In the final scene of the novel who retrieves Matigari's AK47 from beneath the fig tree? (from Part 3: Guthera na Muriuki - The Pure and the Resurrected (109-148))

Muriuki.

Guthera.

The Minister for Truth and Justice.

Matigari himself.

3.

What new initiative does the Member of Parliament announce to the people gathered at the factory? (from Part 2: Macaria ma na Kihooto - Seeking of Truth and Justice (pages 78-108) )

Plans for more hospitals in the country.

Plans for more schools in the country.

Plans for greater democracy in the country.

Plans for more birth-control clinics in the country.

4.

What is being carried inside the red tractor? (from Part I: Ngaruro wa Kiriro - Wiping Your Tears Away (pages 1-33) )

Waste.

Industrial machinery and equipment.

Spare parts.

Body parts.

5.

What sad news do Matigari, Guthera, and Muriuki hear over the radio? (from Part 3: Guthera na Muriuki - The Pure and the Resurrected (109-148))

That Ngarũro wa Kirĩro has been shot and killed by police.

That Matigari's wife has been killed.

That Ngarũro wa Kirĩro has been drowned in the river.

That Muriuki's friends from the scrapyard have all been killed.

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