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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Women will never understand.
(c) She is just as hard on him.
(d) I am too easy on him.

2. What religion did the family convert to when John was young?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Islam.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Buddhism.

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

4. What does John's father do after his wife shouts at him in a tone she has never used before?
(a) He reads his Bible.
(b) He smacks her.
(c) He yells back.
(d) He storms out of the hut.

5. How much time does John say he has before going away to school at the start of the story?
(a) One week.
(b) One month.
(c) 8 weeks.
(d) 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does John's father ask him what he has done after asking him to sit at the start of the story?

2. At which point is it said that John's parents stopped being happy?

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

4. What does John's father ask him, which John feels he has told his father many times?

5. What does John's father hope to protect his son from?

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