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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 Stanley ask John just as they are almost done with their shopping?
(a) Why he did not come to evening prayer the night before.
(b) If he will be having dinner with them that night.
(c) What he was doing with Wamuhu the night before.
(d) When he will be leaving for school.

2. During what war is John's village said to have grown?
(a) The Makeno war.
(b) The Mau Mau.
(c) The Limuru war.
(d) The Kikuyu war.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the old woman who passes John while he walks alone carrying?

2. What does John's father carry in his bag as he walks down the street?

3. When does Wamuhu tell John she plans to tell her parents that she is pregnant?

4. How does John feel the village looks as he walks alone in the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?

5. What does Wamuhu's father cite as the thing that broke their tribe apart?

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