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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Wamuhu's mother say to her husband after John leaves?
(a) She had suspected John liked Wamuhu and that he has a good reputation.
(b) She worries Wamuhu will break John's heart because she does not like him.
(c) She feels Wamuhu is far too good for John.
(d) She had been worried something was going on between John and Wamuhu.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does John respond when Wamuhu's mother asks him to sit and wait for Wamuhu?

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

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

4. What does the smoke John sees coming out of the huts as he walks alone indicate?

5. What does John want to yell at his village as he walks alone in the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wamuhu's father say after John leaves and his wife seems hopeful that John likes their daughter?

2. How does John feel about his village as he walks alone just after leaving his parent's hut?

3. How does John feel about the men and women he passes in the village as he walks alone to Wamuhu's hut?

4. Where is Wamuhu when John arrives at her hut? How does his mother behave toward John?

5. What does John do as he prepares to leave his hut without telling his parents?

6. What does John's mother tell John when he returns to the hut after returning from the tea shop and why does this worry John?

7. Describe John's interaction with the old woman carrying a large load of Kuni he meets on his walk through the village?

8. What is Stanley's position on his son spending time with other girls?

9. What happens at the tea shop John goes to during his walk alone in the village and why?

10. In what ways is John said to be different than other educated boys who return to the village?

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