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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 does Mũriũki tell Matigari is happening outside of the bar after he goes out to see why they heard screaming?
(a) Two officers set a dog on Gũthera.
(b) The factory strike has turned into a bloodbath.
(c) His Excellency Ole Excellence has arrived.
(d) There was a major car accident.

2. What is a guard doing outside of the Anglo-American Leather and Plastic Works when Matigari arrives in Part I?
(a) Napping.
(b) Yelling at workers.
(c) Roasting potatoes.
(d) Drinking a beer.

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

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

5. What does one of the children accuse Matigari of doing as he follows them?
(a) Trying to steal their gains.
(b) Trying to find a place to sleep.
(c) Trying to steal one of the children.
(d) Working for the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who slept in the house Matigari built while Matigari slept on the verandah?

2. Who is Ngarũro wa Kirĩro?

3. What is the main topic of conversation at the bar when Matigari enters with Mũriũki?

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

5. What does the name Matigari ma Njirũũngi mean?

(see the answer key)

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