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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 adjectives are used to describe John's father as he walks down the street at the start of the story?
(a) Large and mean.
(b) Husky and strong.
(c) Elegant and intelligent.
(d) Frail but energetic.

2. Why do so many at the tea shop know that John is soon heading for school in Uganda?
(a) He told everyone when he arrived at the tea shop.
(b) His mother had told everyone.
(c) It was in the Swahili newspaper.
(d) HIs father told everyone at church.

3. At which point is it said that John's parents stopped being happy?
(a) When his mother got a job.
(b) When he became a preacher.
(c) After John was born.
(d) When John left for college.

4. Where does John's father tell him they will go the next day when they first speak at the start of the story?
(a) Church.
(b) Schol.
(c) The shops.
(d) A restaurant.

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 will not look at him.
(b) John's mother told him he had gotten into trouble.
(c) John had told his father they needed to talk.
(d) John's father heard a rumor about him in town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does John nearly collide with upon leaving Wamuhu's hut?

2. What does John worry will happen if the people of his village find out his secret?

3. What does John's father think as he pauses before responding after his wife asks him why he treats John the way he does?

4. What does John's father tell him he does not want him to hear of before dismissing John from their conversation at the start of the story?

5. How does John feel about the way his father often looks at him?

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