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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 does John envy the young men and women he passes on the street at night?
(a) He feels they are not judged as harshly as educated men are.
(b) They have completed school.
(c) They have more money than he does.
(d) They have good jobs.

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

3. Who does John nearly collide with upon leaving Wamuhu's hut?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) Wamuhu.
(d) The old woman.

4. 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.

5. What does John offer Wamuhu money to do?
(a) Have an abortion.
(b) Say that someone else got her pregnant.
(c) Take care of their baby while he is away.
(d) See a doctor to make sure she is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far along does Wamuhu tell John she is after he asks her on their walk?

2. Who is it said that some of the educated boys return to the village with?

3. What words of Reverend Carstone does John recall as he walks to Wamuhu's?

4. How much time does John say he has before going away to school at the start of the story?

5. What word does John "notice with bitterness" (61) he did not use when speaking to Wamuhu's mother?

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