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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pp. 58 - 62 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wamuhu's mother say to her husband after John leaves?
(a) She feels Wamuhu is far too good for John.
(b) She had been worried something was going on between John and Wamuhu.
(c) She worries Wamuhu will break John's heart because she does not like him.
(d) She had suspected John liked Wamuhu and that he has a good reputation.

2. What is John's father's name?
(a) Stanley.
(b) Ned.
(c) Sylvane.
(d) Anthony.

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

4. Where does John tell the old woman he is going for school the following week?
(a) Makeno.
(b) Makerere.
(c) Kikuma.
(d) Limuru.

5. Why does John's father ask him what he has done after asking him to sit at the start of the story?
(a) John's father heard a rumor about him in town.
(b) John will not look at him.
(c) John had told his father they needed to talk.
(d) John's mother told him he had gotten into trouble.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John's father carry in his bag as he walks down the street?

2. What does the old woman who asks John how he is call him?

3. What does John's father ask him, which John feels he has told his father many times?

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

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

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