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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. What happened after Gũthera refused to give the officer what he asked for when her father was arrested?
(a) Her father was killed and their land confiscated.
(b) Her father broke out and she never saw him again.
(c) An anonymous person paid her father's bail.
(d) A judge deemed her father innocent and he was set free.

2. What does the name Matigari ma Njirũũngi mean?
(a) The loyalists who served the king.
(b) The comrades who fought for freedom.
(c) The expatriates who ditched the country.
(d) The patriots who survived the bullets.

3. What are the two guards, policemen, and tractor driver doing when Matigari passes them as he follows the children?
(a) Divying up the money the children gave them.
(b) Drinking beer and laughing.
(c) Digging through the pile of trash.
(d) Arresting children at random.

4. What does the Voice of Truth say over the radio about women while Matigari is at the bar?
(a) Women should join the army.
(b) Women should rule the country.
(c) Women should be seen and not heard.
(d) Women should take refuge in the church.

5. What was Gũthera's 11th commandment?
(a) She would never return to church.
(b) She would never confess to a priest.
(c) She would never let her siblings go hungry.
(d) She would never sleep with an officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the children run to in Part I of Matigari?

2. Who does Matigari say took the gun from him when he pointed it at Settler Williams?

3. What does Mũriũki tell Matigari is happening outside of the bar after he goes out to see why they heard screaming?

4. Where does Matigari tell Mũriũki he will take him when Mũriũki expresses fear of returning to the scrapyard?

5. What is the name of the voice Matigari hears over the radio in Part I?

(see the answer key)

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