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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. 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 was killed and their land confiscated.
(c) Her father broke out and she never saw him again.
(d) An anonymous person paid her father's bail.

2. What do the prisoners ask Matigari when he tells them his full name?
(a) If he is the one who killed Settler Wiliams.
(b) If he is an angel.
(c) If he is the one who saved the woman from the officer's dogs earlier.
(d) If he is the one who started the factory strike.

3. What is Matigari surprised at when he is at the bar at the Mataha hotel?
(a) The prices are super high.
(b) Women work there.
(c) His family is there.
(d) Nobody else is there.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Matigari excited to see as he, Gũthera, and Mũriũki reach the plantation?

2. At the scrapyard in Part I, what does the boy tell Matigari happened to his father?

3. What does the name Matigari ma Njirũũngi mean?

4. What did an officer tell Gũthera she could do to save her father's life after he was arrested?

5. Where do the children run to in Part I of Matigari?

(see the answer key)

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