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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pp. 58 - 62 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is John's father's occupation?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Preacher.
(d) Teacher.

2. What does Wamuhu's father say to his wife after John leaves?
(a) He reminds his wife that their daughter has been circumcised.
(b) He does not think an educated man like John would be interested in their daughter.
(c) There is not way he would let Wamuhu marry such a scoundrel.
(d) He would be proud to call John his son.

3. What does Wamuhu's mother say to her husband after John leaves?
(a) She worries Wamuhu will break John's heart because she does not like him.
(b) She had been worried something was going on between John and Wamuhu.
(c) She feels Wamuhu is far too good for John.
(d) She had suspected John liked Wamuhu and that he has a good reputation.

4. At which point is it said that John's parents stopped being happy?
(a) When he became a preacher.
(b) When his mother got a job.
(c) When John left for college.
(d) After John was born.

5. What does John worry will happen if the people of his village find out his secret?
(a) They will blame his parents.
(b) They will no longer hold him in high esteem.
(c) They will ban him from going to church.
(d) He will be banished.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John's father tell him he does not want him to hear of before dismissing John from their conversation at the start of the story?

2. What adjectives are used to describe John's father as he walks down the street at the start of the story?

3. Where is the main character standing as he watches his father walk down the street at the start of the story?

4. What did John's father tell his mother to talk to John about instead of telling him the stories she had always told him?

5. What is the village John lives referred to as he walks alone in the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?

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