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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 adjectives are used to describe John's father as he walks down the street at the start of the story?
(a) Large and mean.
(b) Frail but energetic.
(c) Husky and strong.
(d) Elegant and intelligent.

2. What does the old woman who asks John how he is call him?
(a) Nephew.
(b) My child.
(c) Brother.
(d) Son.

3. How does John feel about the way his father often looks at him?
(a) He feels he looks at him like he is a sinner.
(b) He feels he looks at him with pity.
(c) He feels he looks at him with great respect.
(d) He feels he looks at him likehe is a child.

4. What does John see in the nightmare he has after he first spoke to Wamuhu?
(a) His mother and his school.
(b) Circumcision and ghosts.
(c) Babies and dolls.
(d) His father and God.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does John "notice with bitterness" (61) he did not use when speaking to Wamuhu's mother?

2. How does John's mother always refer to him?

3. 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?

4. Who is the author of "Meeting in the Dark"?

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

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