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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pp. 58 - 62 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do so many at the tea shop know that John is soon heading for school in Uganda?
(a) His mother had told everyone.
(b) HIs father told everyone at church.
(c) He told everyone when he arrived at the tea shop.
(d) It was in the Swahili newspaper.

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

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

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

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

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. Who does John want to see at the hut he goes to after dinner?

3. What does Wamuhu's father say to his wife after John leaves?

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

5. What word does John "notice with bitterness" (61) he did not use when speaking to Wamuhu's mother?

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