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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, The Pure and Resurrected, Pages 128 - 148.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Gũthera say she is hiding from when she enters the bar in Part I?
(a) The cops.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her ex-lover.
(d) Her children.

2. What does Guthera believe will happen when the man in the Mercedes gets home to his wife?
(a) She will never know what he was doing.
(b) He will beat her for wondering what he was doing.
(c) She will kick him out of the house.
(d) He will lose his job.

3. What strikes Matigari as odd when he arrives at the place her parked his Mercedes?
(a) His car has a flat tire.
(b) It is the only car there.
(c) His Mercedes is gone.
(d) The lot is still full.

4. What type of car does Mũriũki sleep in in the scrapyard?
(a) BMW.
(b) Ford.
(c) Land Rover.
(d) Mercedes.

5. What does Mũriũki say the people who drove through the wilderness are doing?
(a) Doing drugs.
(b) Engaging in sexual relations.
(c) Spying on them.
(d) Taking a nap.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Provincial Commissioner say he has banned?

2. What type of vehicle does Matigari sleep in at the scrapyard?

3. What does the name Matigari ma Njirũũngi mean?

4. What does Gũthera ask when Matigari tells her that Settler Williams is dead?

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

(see the answer key)

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