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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does John respond when Wamuhu's mother asks him to sit and wait for Wamuhu?
(a) He bows his head, says thank you and sits.
(b) He mutters something and hurries out the hut.
(c) He asks if he can make them the tea.
(d) He thanks her profusely and shakes her hands.

2. What is the name of the village John lives in and walks alone in at the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
(a) Kakumi.
(b) Nakuru.
(c) Makeno.
(d) Mayuki.

3. 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) I am too easy on him.
(c) She has a point.
(d) She is just as hard on him.

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

5. How are some of the educated boys who return to the village said to act?
(a) With humility.
(b) Like Europeans.
(c) With piety.
(d) Like nothing has changed.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does John want to yell at his village as he walks alone in the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?

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

4. What is the main character's name?

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

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