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

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

3. What does the smoke John sees coming out of the huts as he walks alone indicate?
(a) People have lit a fire for light.
(b) People are having Bible study.
(c) Women have returned from the shambas.
(d) The evening is unusually cold.

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

5. 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 mutters something and hurries out the hut.
(c) He thanks her profusely and shakes her hands.
(d) He bows his head, says thank you and sits.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Wamuhu's father say to his wife after John leaves?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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