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

2. How much time does Wamuhu agreed to wait before telling her parents she is pregnant?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 1 month.

3. What is the old woman who passes John while he walks alone carrying?
(a) Water.
(b) Kuni.
(c) Laundry.
(d) Cassava.

4. What does John call the old woman who passes him and asks how he is doing?
(a) Grandmother.
(b) Mother.
(c) Sister.
(d) Auntie.

5. Why does John envy the young men and women he passes on the street at night?
(a) They have good jobs.
(b) He feels they are not judged as harshly as educated men are.
(c) They have more money than he does.
(d) They have completed school.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the main character's name?

5. As Wamuhu walks away, what does John feel she might be doing to him?

(see the answer key)

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