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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 word does John "notice with bitterness" (61) he did not use when speaking to Wamuhu's mother?
(a) Sister.
(b) Mother.
(c) Ma'am.
(d) Auntie.

2. What does John do to Wamuhu at the end of "Meeting in the Dark"?
(a) He tells her he is happy they are having a baby.
(b) He asks her to convert so they can marry.
(c) He kills her.
(d) He proposes to her.

3. Who is it said that some of the educated boys return to the village with?
(a) Family members who live near the school.
(b) White or Negro wives who spoke English.
(c) Friends from school.
(d) Their teachers.

4. What did John's father tell his mother to talk to John about instead of telling him the stories she had always told him?
(a) How Jesus had died for them.
(b) The importance of a good education.
(c) How to be a good man.
(d) How to avoid trouble in the village.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wamuhu's father say people who left the village to learn the white man's religion brought back to the village when they returned?

2. What does John see in the nightmare he has after he first spoke to Wamuhu?

3. Who does John want to see at the hut he goes to after dinner?

4. What is Wamuhu's mother "preoccupied" (62) with when her husband asks her why she thinks John came?

5. What does John's father call his wife?

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