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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John want to yell at his village as he walks alone in the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
(a) Damn this place!
(b) I love you forever!
(c) I hate you! You trapped me alive!
(d) I cannot leave you, my home!

2. What does John do before leaving his hut in hopes his father will not know he left?
(a) He tells his father not to go to his hut because he will be studying.
(b) He tells his parents he is going to bed.
(c) He locks the door so nobody can come in.
(d) He lights his lantern.

3. Who does John nearly collide with upon leaving Wamuhu's hut?
(a) The old woman.
(b) His mother.
(c) Wamuhu.
(d) His father.

4. What is everyone said to know about John's nature?
(a) He is shy.
(b) He is moody.
(c) He is gregarious.
(d) He is polite.

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

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

7. What does Wamuhu's father cite as the thing that broke their tribe apart?
(a) Many moved away.
(b) Internal conflict between families.
(c) The white man's religion.
(d) Education.

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

9. How does John respond when Wamuhu's mother asks him to sit and wait for Wamuhu?
(a) He mutters something and hurries out the hut.
(b) He bows his head, says thank you and sits.
(c) He asks if he can make them the tea.
(d) He thanks her profusely and shakes her hands.

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

11. Who does John want to see at the hut he goes to after dinner?
(a) His best friend.
(b) The old woman.
(c) Wamuhu.
(d) His old teacher.

12. What does John worry will happen if the people of his village find out his secret?
(a) They will no longer hold him in high esteem.
(b) He will be banished.
(c) They will blame his parents.
(d) They will ban him from going to church.

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

14. What do Wamuhu's parents know about John when he arrives at the hut?
(a) He has been seeing their daughter.
(b) He is the educated one from the village.
(c) He walked very far to get there.
(d) He is Susana's son.

15. What is the name of the village John lives in and walks alone in at the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
(a) Mayuki.
(b) Makeno.
(c) Kakumi.
(d) Nakuru.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do so many at the tea shop know that John is soon heading for school in Uganda?

3. What does Wamuhu's mother tell John Wamuhu will do when she gets back to the hut if he waits?

4. What does Wamuhu's mother say to her husband after John leaves?

5. Where does John tell the old woman he is going for school the following week?

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