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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. Why did the people at Gũthera's church refuse to help her when she needed money to care for her siblings?
(a) They felt she could get a job.
(b) They thought her family was cursed.
(c) They were all poor too.
(d) They said she was a terrorist's child.

2. Why was Gũthera's father arrested after the war began?
(a) For allowing his daughter to get an education.
(b) For carrying bullets in his Bible.
(c) For beating his wife.
(d) For speaking out against the country's leader.

3. What is the main topic of conversation at the bar when Matigari enters with Mũriũki?
(a) The factory strike.
(b) Women complaining about their husbands.
(c) How much better the country is these days.
(d) The mysterious Matigari.

4. 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) His house.
(c) The wilderness to hide.
(d) The police station.

5. Why does Gũthera decide to help Matigari despite thinking he might be insane?
(a) He saved her life.
(b) It is her duty as a Christian.
(c) She thinks he will pay her well.
(d) He reminds her of his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the country's leader referred to over the radio in Part I?

2. What did Gũthera do to support her siblings after her father's death?

3. Whose children does Matigari learn from Ngarũro wa Kirĩro are factory director's?

4. What is Matigari surprised at when he is at the bar at the Mataha hotel?

5. What is the first place Matigari decides he should search for his family in Part I?

(see the answer key)

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