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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 Wamuhu's father cite as the thing that broke their tribe apart?
(a) The white man's religion.
(b) Education.
(c) Many moved away.
(d) Internal conflict between families.

2. When does Wamuhu tell John she plans to tell her parents that she is pregnant?
(a) That evening.
(b) The next day.
(c) Next month.
(d) In a couple more weeks.

3. What words of Reverend Carstone does John recall as he walks to Wamuhu's?
(a) His warning that if he gets into any trouble he will be excommunicated.
(b) His warning to beware of the evils that await him in the worlds.
(c) His assurance that God loves him no matter what.
(d) His reprimand for seeing an uncircumcised woman.

4. What is something that "the white man's religion" (62) does not allow?
(a) People to marry if they are not in love.
(b) Men to marry circumcised women.
(c) Father's to choose their daughter's husbands.
(d) People from different tribes to marry.

5. What does the smoke John sees coming out of the huts as he walks alone indicate?
(a) Women have returned from the shambas.
(b) People have lit a fire for light.
(c) People are having Bible study.
(d) The evening is unusually cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjectives are used to describe John's father as he walks down the street at the start of the story?

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

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

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

5. What is Wamuhu's mood when she and John first begin to walk together?

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