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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pp. 63 - 70.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aside from John, who is said to fear John's father?
(a) His mother.
(b) Nobody.
(c) Everyone.
(d) Wamuhu.

2. What does John's father tell him he does not want him to hear of before dismissing John from their conversation at the start of the story?
(a) He does not want to hear that John is not doing well in school.
(b) He does not want to hear that John has a girlfriend.
(c) He does not want to hear John is disobeying his mother.
(d) He does not want to hear of any trouble.

3. Who does John find at the hut he goes to after dinner?
(a) His best friend.
(b) The old woman.
(c) His old teacher.
(d) Wamuhu's parents.

4. What is Wamuhu's mother "preoccupied" (62) with when her husband asks her why she thinks John came?
(a) Folding laundry.
(b) Despair.
(c) Hope.
(d) Cooking dinner.

5. How much time does John say he has before going away to school at the start of the story?
(a) One week.
(b) One month.
(c) 8 weeks.
(d) 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does John go the evening after he and his father had gone shopping?

3. What does John say to Wamuhu though he does not truly believe it?

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

5. What does Wamuhu's father cite as the thing that broke their tribe apart?

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