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

3. Who does John find at the hut he goes to after dinner?
(a) His best friend.
(b) Wamuhu's parents.
(c) His old teacher.
(d) The old woman.

4. What does John see in the nightmare he has after he first spoke to Wamuhu?
(a) Babies and dolls.
(b) Circumcision and ghosts.
(c) His mother and his school.
(d) His father and God.

5. How much time does Wamuhu agreed to wait before telling her parents she is pregnant?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 1 day.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 3 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John's father tell his mother to talk to John about instead of telling him the stories she had always told him?

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. What religion did the family convert to when John was young?

4. What does John offer Wamuhu money to do?

5. In what ways is it said that "many young men tried to serve two masters" (67)?

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