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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. How are some of the educated boys who return to the village said to act?
(a) Like nothing has changed.
(b) Like Europeans.
(c) With piety.
(d) With humility.

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

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does John call the old woman who passes him and asks how he is doing?

5. Who does John find at the hut he goes to after dinner?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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