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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two prisoners are the only not brought before the audience at the Minister of Truth's meeting?
(a) Matigari and the drunkard.
(b) The student and the teacher.
(c) The murderer and the thief.
(d) Matigari and the informer.

2. Who else is in the cell with Matigari after he is arrested during the Minister of Truth's meeting?
(a) The Voice of Truth.
(b) Ngarũro wa Kirĩro.
(c) Gũthera.
(d) Mũriũki.

3. When Matigari asks people at a restaurant where he can find truth and justice, what do they tell him?
(a) To ask the Voice of Truth.
(b) To search for the prophet Matigari.
(c) To shut up.
(d) To ask His Excellency Ole Excellence.

4. The Voice of Truth announces over the radio that His Excellency has received 50,000 shillings for what?
(a) The presidential fund for universal healthcare.
(b) The presidential fund for disabled children.
(c) The presidential fund for education equality.
(d) The presidential fund for hungry children.

5. What does Matigari say after telling John Boy Junior he will be back the next day to take back his home?
(a) The future belongs to me!
(b) The people shall be free!
(c) You will pay for this!
(d) Victory is ours!

6. Why does Matigari stomp on his belt of peace at the start of Part III?
(a) The other prisoners made fun of it.
(b) It broke.
(c) He decides words alone cannot defeat the enemy.
(d) He feels it is cursed.

7. What is the Member of Parliament's solution to the problem of poverty?
(a) He will raise wages of all workers.
(b) He will start a community garden in every village.
(c) He will open a birth control clinic.
(d) He will give every family 1,000 shillings.

8. What are the initials of the ruling party, which the chairman of the local branch wears on his shirt?
(a) KKK.
(b) AAA.
(c) SSS.
(d) WWW.

9. How are the workers' houses described as Matigari, Gũthera and Mũriũki pass them in the Mercedes?
(a) Modest and clean.
(b) Tiny and crammed together.
(c) Simple, yet elegant.
(d) Dilapidated and rat infested.

10. What does the old woman in the wilderness tell Matigari "breeds misery" (73)?
(a) Laziness.
(b) Fear.
(c) Disorder.
(d) Obedience.

11. Who is Matigari sitting with under a tree after his escape from the mental hospital?
(a) The student and the teacher.
(b) John Boy Junior and Robert Williams.
(c) Gũthera and Mũriũki.
(d) His wife and children.

12. Where is Matigari when he is told he may has well hang himself if he keeps going around asking about truth and justice?
(a) A farm.
(b) The factory.
(c) The law courts.
(d) The bar.

13. The editor from which local newspaper sits near the Minister of Truth during his meeting in Part II?
(a) The Daily Parrot.
(b) The Voice of Truth.
(c) The Weekly Whiner.
(d) The Local Ledger.

14. What reason did the Voice of Truth announce for why the university was closed?
(a) The university teachers walked out.
(b) There was a protest and many students were beaten.
(c) The school building had deteriorated and they could no longer hold classes there.
(d) The students had gone on strike about food.

15. How was Ngarũro wa Kirĩro killed?
(a) He was shot.
(b) He was trampled in a riot.
(c) He was attacked by dogs.
(d) He was hanged.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Guthera believe will happen when the man in the Mercedes gets home to his wife?

2. What does Gũthera do to help Matigari escape?

3. What does the judge say will happen to Matigari and Ngarũro wa Kirĩro after their arrest?

4. What does Matigari say is the combination needed to defeat the enemy?

5. Who is the first prisoner Matigari finds after leaving the old woman in the wilderness?

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