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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the name Matigari ma Njirũũngi mean?
(a) The expatriates who ditched the country.
(b) The loyalists who served the king.
(c) The comrades who fought for freedom.
(d) The patriots who survived the bullets.

2. Whose children does Matigari learn from Ngarũro wa Kirĩro are factory director's?
(a) Matigari's.
(b) Ngarũro wa Kirĩro's.
(c) John Boy and Settler Williams.
(d) His Excellency Ole Excellence.

3. What does Matigari tell Gũthera when she offers him "a little pleasure" (24)?
(a) He thought she would never ask.
(b) He reminds her they are in the presence of a child.
(c) He is old enough to be her father.
(d) He asks if she thinks that is any way for a woman to behave.

4. Who wrote Matigari?
(a) Chinua Achebe.
(b) Nuruddin Farah.
(c) Matigari ma Njirũũngi.
(d) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.

5. What is the country's leader referred to over the radio in Part I?
(a) The Honorable Ole Master.
(b) Ole Master of Wonder.
(c) The Embodiment of Truth and Compassion.
(d) His Excellency Ole Excellency.

6. What did Gũthera do to support her siblings after her father's death?
(a) She became a prostitute.
(b) She opened her own cafe.
(c) She sold handmade items.
(d) She stole food.

7. What does the boy do when Matigari is pelted with stones outside the factory?
(a) He finds a worker to help him.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He runs away and hides in the scrapyard.
(d) He joins the children in throwing stones at him.

8. Where does Matigari tell Mũriũki he will take him when Mũriũki expresses fear of returning to the scrapyard?
(a) The police station.
(b) His house.
(c) The factory to find work.
(d) The wilderness to hide.

9. What does one of the prisoners tell Matigari and the others he saw as he walked away from the factory during the strike?
(a) The factory explode.
(b) Workers running for their lives.
(c) Police officers beating Ngarũro wa Kirĩro.
(d) Statues of Boy and Williams go up in flames.

10. What are the children fighting over when Matigari chases them away with a stick?
(a) A case of bananas.
(b) A bundle of shoelaces.
(c) A pile of old newspapers.
(d) A bunch of shirts.

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

12. Which prisoner suggests there may be an informer among them?
(a) The murderer.
(b) The teacher.
(c) The drunkard.
(d) The student.

13. Where do the children run to in Part I of Matigari?
(a) The factory.
(b) School.
(c) A garbage yard.
(d) A cafe.

14. Where does Gũthera suggest Matigari go to search for his family?
(a) His Excellency Ole Excellence.
(b) The police.
(c) The plantations.
(d) The scrapyard.

15. What weapon does Matigari hold at the start of the story?
(a) A crossbow.
(b) An AK-47.
(c) A pistol.
(d) A grenade.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did the people at Gũthera's church refuse to help her when she needed money to care for her siblings?

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

4. What does Mũriũki tell Matigari is happening outside of the bar after he goes out to see why they heard screaming?

5. What does Matigari tell Ngarũro wa Kirĩro to tell the factory workers?

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