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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. At the scrapyard in Part I, what does the boy tell Matigari happened to his father?
(a) They got separated and the boy has been looking for his father ever since.
(b) He went blind.
(c) He died fighting for independence.
(d) He left the country long ago.

2. What does John Boy Junior say Matigari must show him in order to prove the house is his?
(a) The deed.
(b) His hands.
(c) Some cash.
(d) The blueprint.

3. What does Gũthera ask when Matigari tells her that Settler Williams is dead?
(a) She asks who Settler Williams is.
(b) She asks what Matigari did with the body.
(c) She asks why he would kill such a great man.
(d) She asks if Matigari knows Settler Wiliam's son.

4. What does Gũthera ask Matigari after sitting on his lap at the bar?
(a) If he will marry her.
(b) If he is the Matigari who fought Settler Williams.
(c) If he owns the bar.
(d) If he will buy her a drink.

5. What happens to Matigari when Robert Williams returns with two officers?
(a) He gently explains what is going on and they leave.
(b) He is taken to jail.
(c) He runs back to the wilderness.
(d) The officers allow John Boy Junior and Robert Williams to beat him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the prisoners ask Matigari when he tells them his full name?

2. What are the two guards, policemen, and tractor driver doing when Matigari passes them as he follows the children?

3. What is unusual about the day each of the men, including Matigari, was arrested?

4. What is the title of Part I of Matigari?

5. What does Matigari tell the man outside the house at the plantation that Matigari wants?

(see the answer key)

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