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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 call his wife?
(a) Love.
(b) Susie-dear.
(c) Sister.
(d) Susana.

2. How does John feel about the way his father often looks at him?
(a) He feels he looks at him with pity.
(b) He feels he looks at him with great respect.
(c) He feels he looks at him likehe is a child.
(d) He feels he looks at him like he is a sinner.

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

4. 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?
(a) He does not want to hear that John has a girlfriend.
(b) He does not want to hear of any trouble.
(c) He does not want to hear John is disobeying his mother.
(d) He does not want to hear that John is not doing well in school.

5. Why does John's father ask him what he has done after asking him to sit at the start of the story?
(a) John will not look at him.
(b) John's father heard a rumor about him in town.
(c) John's mother told him he had gotten into trouble.
(d) John had told his father they needed to talk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main character's name?

2. What is John's feeling toward his father?

3. What religion did the family convert to when John was young?

4. What does John's father carry in his bag as he walks down the street?

5. What is John's mother doing quietly when his father asks him to sit down?

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