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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John's father think as he pauses before responding after his wife asks him why he treats John the way he does?
(a) She has a point.
(b) I am too easy on him.
(c) She is just as hard on him.
(d) Women will never understand.

2. What does John's father carry in his bag as he walks down the street?
(a) School books.
(b) His change purse.
(c) His shoes.
(d) A Bible.

3. Who is the author of "Meeting in the Dark"?
(a) Ngũgĩ Thomas.
(b) Thiong'o Achibe.
(c) John Thiong'o.
(d) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.

4. Where did John's parent live when John was very young?
(a) Nairobi.
(b) Mombasa.
(c) Fort Hall.
(d) Limuru.

5. What does Wamuhu's father say to his wife after John leaves?
(a) He does not think an educated man like John would be interested in their daughter.
(b) There is not way he would let Wamuhu marry such a scoundrel.
(c) He would be proud to call John his son.
(d) He reminds his wife that their daughter has been circumcised.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Wamuhu tell John she plans to tell her parents that she is pregnant?

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

4. Why is John sure his father and the church would never let him marry Wamuhu?

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

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