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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Wiping your Tears Away, Pages 33 - 54.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who slept in the house Matigari built while Matigari slept on the verandah?
(a) Settler Wiliams.
(b) Captain Johnson.
(c) Private Jefferson.
(d) Colonel Warren.

2. With whom do the children fight for the contents of the tractor in Part I of Matigari?
(a) Factory workers.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Elderly homeless people.
(d) Stray dogs and vultures.

3. What was the teacher in Matigari's cell arrested for teaching?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Evolution.
(c) Sex Education.
(d) Marxism.

4. What does Matigari make with a strip of bark from the mugomo tree?
(a) A small fire.
(b) A belt of peace.
(c) A hat.
(d) A sword.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Matigari when Robert Williams returns with two officers?

3. Why does the Black man on horseback outside the house whip Matigari when he mentions John Boy?

4. What does one of the children accuse Matigari of doing as he follows them?

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

(see the answer key)

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