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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, The Pure and Resurrected, Pages 109 - 127.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Member of Parliament's solution to the problem of poverty?
(a) He will start a community garden in every village.
(b) He will raise wages of all workers.
(c) He will open a birth control clinic.
(d) He will give every family 1,000 shillings.

2. What does the Voice of Truth announce at 10 a.m. at the start of Part III?
(a) Matigari has been hanged.
(b) The Minister of Truth is missing.
(c) Patients have escaped from the mental hospital.
(d) His Excellency Ole Excellence has died.

3. 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 be seen and not heard.
(c) Women should take refuge in the church.
(d) Women should rule the country.

4. What happens to Matigari when he tries to enter the scrapyard in Part I?
(a) The boys cheer for him.
(b) He is offered a place to sleep.
(c) The boys throw stones at him.
(d) The boys all run away and hide from him.

5. What does Matigari tell Ngarũro wa Kirĩro to tell the factory workers?
(a) Not to give up the fight.
(b) Settler Williams and John Boy are dead.
(c) Matigari has returned.
(d) They should avoid conflict at all costs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ngarũro wa Kirĩro?

2. Where is Matigari when he is told he may has well hang himself if he keeps going around asking about truth and justice?

3. How does Matigari bribe the couple in the wilderness to use their car?

4. What weapon does Matigari hold at the start of the story?

5. What has the priest heard, which inspires him to pray more?

(see the answer key)

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