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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Wiping your Tears Away, Pages 17 - 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Matigari want to find before he goes home at the start of Matigari?
(a) His family.
(b) His one remaining enemy.
(c) Settler Williams.
(d) His fellow soldiers.

2. Who wrote Matigari?
(a) Nuruddin Farah.
(b) Chinua Achebe.
(c) Matigari ma Njirũũngi.
(d) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.

3. What does Gũthera tell Matigari happened to her mother?
(a) She killed herself.
(b) She died in battle.
(c) She left them when she was young.
(d) She died in childbirth.

4. What does Gũthera ask Matigari after sitting on his lap at the bar?
(a) If he owns the bar.
(b) If he is the Matigari who fought Settler Williams.
(c) If he will marry her.
(d) If he will buy her a drink.

5. Where does Matigari tell Mũriũki he will take him when Mũriũki expresses fear of returning to the scrapyard?
(a) The factory to find work.
(b) The wilderness to hide.
(c) The police station.
(d) His house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two guards, policemen, and tractor driver doing when Matigari passes them as he follows the children?

2. How does Matigari know when the factory workers have breaks?

3. What did an officer tell Gũthera she could do to save her father's life after he was arrested?

4. Where does Gũthera suggest Matigari go to search for his family?

5. What are children chasing after near the factory in Part I when Matigari first arrives?

(see the answer key)

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