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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 is John's mother's name?
(a) Lilith.
(b) Susana.
(c) Mary.
(d) Annie.

2. What does John call the old woman who passes him and asks how he is doing?
(a) Grandmother.
(b) Auntie.
(c) Mother.
(d) Sister.

3. What does Wamuhu's mother tell John Wamuhu will do when she gets back to the hut if he waits?
(a) Make him tea.
(b) Read the Bible with him.
(c) Make him dinner.
(d) Go for a walk with him.

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

5. What does John's father ask him, which John feels he has told his father many times?
(a) John's father asks him if he cleaned his hut.
(b) John's father asks him when his journey is.
(c) John's father asks him if he did his homework.
(d) John's father asks him if he got good grades this term.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John consider doing when he gets home and sees his parent's hut is lit?

2. How are some of the educated boys who return to the village said to act?

3. What does Wamuhu's father say to his wife after John leaves?

4. Where does John's father tell him they will go the next day when they first speak at the start of the story?

5. What is John's father's name?

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