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

2. 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.

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

4. 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) 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 thanks her profusely and shakes her hands.
(b) He mutters something and hurries out the hut.
(c) He bows his head, says thank you and sits.
(d) He asks if he can make them the tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the village John lives referred to as he walks alone in the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?

2. What does John do before leaving his hut in hopes his father will not know he left?

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

4. Who does John nearly collide with upon leaving Wamuhu's hut?

5. During what war is John's village said to have grown?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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