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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Nakuru.
(d) Kakumi.

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

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

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. Where does John tell the old woman he is going for school the following week?
(a) Makerere.
(b) Makeno.
(c) Limuru.
(d) Kikuma.

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

8. How does John feel the village looks as he walks alone in the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
(a) Holy.
(b) Pitiful.
(c) Ugly.
(d) Majestic.

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

10. What is the village John lives referred to as he walks alone in the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
(a) Sprawling towns.
(b) Lonely towns.
(c) Shanty towns.
(d) Mushroom towns.

11. 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?
(a) White wives or Black wives who spoke English.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Bibles.
(d) Adopted children.

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

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

14. What is something that "the white man's religion" (62) does not allow?
(a) People from different tribes to marry.
(b) Father's to choose their daughter's husbands.
(c) Men to marry circumcised women.
(d) People to marry if they are not in love.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old woman who asks John how he is call him?

2. What is everyone said to know about John's nature?

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

4. What do Wamuhu's parents know about John when he arrives at the hut?

5. Why does John envy the young men and women he passes on the street at night?

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