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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pp. 63 - 70.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John fear the government might do if he has a child with Wamuhu?
(a) Bar him from returning to school.
(b) Banish him from the village.
(c) Withdraw his scholarship.
(d) Have him imprisoned.

2. In what ways is it said that "many young men tried to serve two masters" (67)?
(a) They went to church on the weekend and studied during the week.
(b) They got married to girls who had converted.
(c) They went to church by day and met with girlfriends at night.
(d) They brought their girlfriends to church.

3. What is Wamuhu's mother "preoccupied" (62) with when her husband asks her why she thinks John came?
(a) Folding laundry.
(b) Hope.
(c) Cooking dinner.
(d) Despair.

4. Where is the main character standing as he watches his father walk down the street at the start of the story?
(a) Against the tree outside his hut.
(b) Ih his room at school.
(c) In the doorway of his hut.
(d) At the bus stop.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does John respond when Wamuhu's mother asks him to sit and wait for Wamuhu?

4. How much time does John say he has before going away to school at the start of the story?

5. Who does John think might be the most beautiful girl in Limuru?

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