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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does John respond when Wamuhu's mother asks him to sit and wait for Wamuhu?
(a) He mutters something and hurries out the hut.
(b) He asks if he can make them the tea.
(c) He thanks her profusely and shakes her hands.
(d) He bows his head, says thank you and sits.

2. What does John's father call his wife?
(a) Susana.
(b) Susie-dear.
(c) Sister.
(d) Love.

3. What is the main character's name?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Steven.
(c) Paul.
(d) John.

4. Why does John envy the young men and women he passes on the street at night?
(a) They have more money than he does.
(b) They have completed school.
(c) He feels they are not judged as harshly as educated men are.
(d) They have good jobs.

5. What did John's father tell his mother to talk to John about instead of telling him the stories she had always told him?
(a) The importance of a good education.
(b) How Jesus had died for them.
(c) How to avoid trouble in the village.
(d) How to be a good man.

Short Answer Questions

1. At which point is it said that John's parents stopped being happy?

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

3. How does John's mother always refer to him?

4. What is the old woman who passes John while he walks alone carrying?

5. Where did John's parent live when John was very young?

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