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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the old woman who asks John how he is call him?
(a) My child.
(b) Son.
(c) Brother.
(d) Nephew.

2. Who does John nearly collide with upon leaving Wamuhu's hut?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) The old woman.
(d) Wamuhu.

3. 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) He told everyone when he arrived at the tea shop.
(c) HIs father told everyone at church.
(d) It was in the Swahili newspaper.

4. Who does John want to see at the hut he goes to after dinner?
(a) His best friend.
(b) The old woman.
(c) Wamuhu.
(d) His old teacher.

5. 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 yells back.
(c) He storms out of the hut.
(d) He reads his Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does John's mother use to describe how he treats his son?

2. Who is the author of "Meeting in the Dark"?

3. What is John's mother's name?

4. Where does John tell the old woman he is going for school the following week?

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

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