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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the Minister of Truth tell the audience he went to school with?
(a) Matigari.
(b) Robert Wiliams.
(c) John Boy Junior.
(d) His Excellency Ole Excellence.

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

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

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

5. What does the Voice of Truth announce at 10 a.m. at the start of Part III?
(a) His Excellency Ole Excellence has died.
(b) Matigari has been hanged.
(c) The Minister of Truth is missing.
(d) Patients have escaped from the mental hospital.

6. What did the student who was formerly imprisoned join when he returned to the university?
(a) A student protest.
(b) A gang.
(c) A party.
(d) A prayer meeting.

7. Who does the Voice of Truth announce they are searching for after allegedly bringing food to the patients in the mental hospital?
(a) The owner of the Mataha hotel.
(b) Two police officers.
(c) Two factory workers.
(d) A woman and young boy.

8. What does Gũthera think will happen to the woman in the Mercedes when she goes home to her husband?
(a) He will beat her.
(b) He will kill her.
(c) He will never find out what she was doing.
(d) He will divorce her.

9. What does the old woman in the wilderness tell Matigari are "the new stars" (73)?
(a) Children.
(b) Police officers.
(c) Books.
(d) Scholars.

10. Why is Matigari said to be "particularly dangerous" (115) when his escape is announced?
(a) He does not care if he loses his life.
(b) He is a giant of great strength.
(c) He has an AK-47 and a sword.
(d) Due to his delusions.

11. 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 hungry children.
(c) The presidential fund for education equality.
(d) The presidential fund for disabled children.

12. The Voice of Truth announces that the Minister has ordered police to do what to any madman they find?
(a) Arrest them.
(b) Shoot them.
(c) Set dogs on them.
(d) Hang them.

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

14. What does the teacher tell Matigari when he finds him in his home after speaking with the student?
(a) He wants to start a revolution.
(b) He is being hunted.
(c) He has been waiting for him.
(d) He is dying.

15. Who does Ngarũro wa Kirĩro say should be removed from the board of the factory?
(a) His Excellency Ole Excellence.
(b) The Voice of Truth.
(c) John Boy Junior and Robert Williams.
(d) The Minister of Truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gũthera do to help Matigari escape?

2. What is the name of the informer who is in the cell with Matigari the first time he is arrested, but not the second?

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

4. How are the workers' houses described as Matigari, Gũthera and Mũriũki pass them in the Mercedes?

5. What does the student announce to the audience at the Minister of Truth's meeting which causes an uproar?

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