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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 adjectives are used to describe John's father as he walks down the street at the start of the story?
(a) Elegant and intelligent.
(b) Frail but energetic.
(c) Large and mean.
(d) Husky and strong.

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

3. What does John fear as he sits before his father at the start of the story?
(a) He fears his father knows his secret.
(b) He fears his father lost his job.
(c) He fears his father is going to tell him he is moving out.
(d) He fears his father is going to tell him he cannot go away to school.

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

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

Short Answer 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?

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

3. 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?

4. What does John's father feel his wife made him do long ago, and hopes his son does not do the same thing?

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

(see the answer key)

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