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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 is the name of the voice Matigari hears over the radio in Part I?
(a) The Voice of Compassion.
(b) The Voice of Reason.
(c) The Voice of Peace.
(d) The Voice of Truth.

2. What does Matigari tell the man outside the house at the plantation that Matigari wants?
(a) To find his family.
(b) His horse.
(c) The keys to his house.
(d) A job.

3. What does Matigari share with his cell mates?
(a) A blanket.
(b) Some money.
(c) Beer and food.
(d) His cigarettes.

4. What is the first place Matigari decides he should search for his family in Part I?
(a) The factory.
(b) The plantation.
(c) His old house.
(d) The cafes.

5. What does Matigari do at the mugomo tree?
(a) He eats and rests.
(b) He waits for the enemy.
(c) He unearths a treasure.
(d) He buries his weapons.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the white man on horseback outside the house know Settler Williams?

2. What does the boy tell Matigari happens to them if they do not pay the guards at the garbage yard?

3. Why is Ngarũro wa Kirĩro unable to stay with Matigari and Mũriũki at the restaurant at the Mataha Hotel?

4. Why does Mũriũki worry the other children might beat him when he returns to the scrapyard?

5. What does Matigari tell Gũthera when she offers him "a little pleasure" (24)?

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