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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 offer Wamuhu money to do?
(a) Take care of their baby while he is away.
(b) Say that someone else got her pregnant.
(c) Have an abortion.
(d) See a doctor to make sure she is pregnant.

2. What did some believe that some of the images in John's dreams might portend?
(a) Riches.
(b) Death.
(c) Good health.
(d) Family.

3. Who does John find at the hut he goes to after dinner?
(a) Wamuhu's parents.
(b) The old woman.
(c) His old teacher.
(d) His best friend.

4. What is Wamuhu's mood when she and John first begin to walk together?
(a) Confused.
(b) Distant.
(c) Sad.
(d) Happy.

5. Why does John's mother wonder if his father's treatment of him stems from resentment?
(a) Because he had wanted a daughter.
(b) Because John was born out of sin.
(c) Because he never wanted a child.
(d) Because John like his mother better.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does John feel about the way his father often looks at him?

2. What is John's father's occupation?

3. How far along does Wamuhu tell John she is after he asks her on their walk?

4. Where is the main character standing as he watches his father walk down the street at the start of the story?

5. Why does John's father ask him what he has done after asking him to sit at the start of the story?

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