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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Mũriũki worry the other children might beat him when he returns to the scrapyard?
(a) For not bringing any food.
(b) For showing Matigari where they live.
(c) For not paying the guards.
(d) For being an informer.

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

5. Who did Gũthera consult with before telling the officer whether or not she would do what he suggested she do in order to save her father's life?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her siblings.
(c) Her priest.
(d) Her mother.

6. What is unusual about the day each of the men, including Matigari, was arrested?
(a) They were not offered bail.
(b) The guards did not take anything from them.
(c) They did not give them any food.
(d) The guards forgot to lock the cell.

7. What is a guard doing outside of the Anglo-American Leather and Plastic Works when Matigari arrives in Part I?
(a) Roasting potatoes.
(b) Napping.
(c) Yelling at workers.
(d) Drinking a beer.

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

9. What does Matigari make with a strip of bark from the mugomo tree?
(a) A small fire.
(b) A belt of peace.
(c) A hat.
(d) A sword.

10. Why does Gũthera decide to help Matigari despite thinking he might be insane?
(a) He reminds her of his father.
(b) He saved her life.
(c) It is her duty as a Christian.
(d) She thinks he will pay her well.

11. What are children chasing after near the factory in Part I when Matigari first arrives?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) A ball.
(c) A tractor.
(d) A pack of stray dogs.

12. Why was Gũthera's father arrested after the war began?
(a) For allowing his daughter to get an education.
(b) For beating his wife.
(c) For speaking out against the country's leader.
(d) For carrying bullets in his Bible.

13. What are some of the reasons the men who share Matigari's cell were arrested?
(a) Selling milk and stealing food from a restaurant.
(b) Stealing a Mercedes and speaking against His Excellency Ole Excellence.
(c) Beating his wife and public drunkenness.
(d) Taking a day off of work and stealing a woman's purse.

14. Which prisoner tells Matigari he will "unravel" the "riddle," referring to the question Matigari asked the other prisoners?
(a) The informer.
(b) The prisoner accused of theft.
(c) The murderer.
(d) The drunkard.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Ngarũro wa Kirĩro?

3. Who does Matigari want to find before he goes home at the start of Matigari?

4. Why does the Black man on horseback outside the house whip Matigari when he mentions John Boy?

5. What is the country's leader referred to over the radio in Part I?

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