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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do so many at the tea shop know that John is soon heading for school in Uganda?
(a) It was in the Swahili newspaper.
(b) HIs father told everyone at church.
(c) His mother had told everyone.
(d) He told everyone when he arrived at the tea shop.

2. What does John's father hope to protect his son from?
(a) Disease.
(b) Danger.
(c) Not getting a good education.
(d) Evil influences.

3. What words are used to describe the way John's father treats his son, which his wife "was never blind to" (57)?
(a) Tough love.
(b) Unconditional love.
(c) Moral torture.
(d) Excessive leniency.

4. What does John say to Wamuhu though he does not truly believe it?
(a) He will stay with her and forgo college.
(b) He does not love her.
(c) He wants to marry her.
(d) She is to blame.

5. What is John's mother doing quietly when his father asks him to sit down?
(a) Reading a book.
(b) Cleaning the dishes.
(c) Peeling potatoes.
(d) Washing clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does John's father ask him what he has done after asking him to sit at the start of the story?

2. What does John's father think as he pauses before responding after his wife asks him why he treats John the way he does?

3. Aside from John, who is said to fear John's father?

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

5. What is the name of the village John lives in and walks alone in at the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?

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