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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pp. 63 - 70.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the old woman who passes John while he walks alone carrying?
(a) Cassava.
(b) Water.
(c) Laundry.
(d) Kuni.

2. What does Wamuhu's father say people who left the village to learn the white man's religion brought back to the village when they returned?
(a) Adopted children.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Bibles.
(d) White wives or Black wives who spoke English.

3. What does Wamuhu's mother tell John Wamuhu will do when she gets back to the hut if he waits?
(a) Make him tea.
(b) Read the Bible with him.
(c) Go for a walk with him.
(d) Make him dinner.

4. Where is the main character standing as he watches his father walk down the street at the start of the story?
(a) Against the tree outside his hut.
(b) At the bus stop.
(c) In the doorway of his hut.
(d) Ih his room at school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John's father do after his wife shouts at him in a tone she has never used before?

2. What is Wamuhu's mother "preoccupied" (62) with when her husband asks her why she thinks John came?

3. Who is it said that some of the educated boys return to the village with?

4. What does the old woman who asks John how he is call him?

5. How does John feel about the way his father often looks at him?

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