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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pp. 55 - 58.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did John's parent live when John was very young?
(a) Nairobi.
(b) Fort Hall.
(c) Mombasa.
(d) Limuru.

2. Why does John's mother wonder if his father's treatment of him stems from resentment?
(a) Because John was born out of sin.
(b) Because he never wanted a child.
(c) Because he had wanted a daughter.
(d) Because John like his mother better.

3. How does John's mother always refer to him?
(a) Little John.
(b) John John.
(c) The boy.
(d) Little one.

4. What does John's father call his wife?
(a) Love.
(b) Susie-dear.
(c) Susana.
(d) Sister.

5. What does John's father think as he pauses before responding after his wife asks him why he treats John the way he does?
(a) She has a point.
(b) She is just as hard on him.
(c) I am too easy on him.
(d) Women will never understand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John fear as he sits before his father at the start of the story?

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

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

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

5. What words are used to describe the way John's father treats his son, which his wife "was never blind to" (57)?

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