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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 much time does John say he has before going away to school at the start of the story?
(a) 8 weeks.
(b) 6 months.
(c) One week.
(d) One month.

2. What is Wamuhu's mother "preoccupied" (62) with when her husband asks her why she thinks John came?
(a) Cooking dinner.
(b) Folding laundry.
(c) Hope.
(d) Despair.

3. Why does John's mother wonder if his father's treatment of him stems from resentment?
(a) Because John was born out of sin.
(b) Because he never wanted a child.
(c) Because John like his mother better.
(d) Because he had wanted a daughter.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are some of the educated boys who return to the village said to act?

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

3. What word does John's mother use to describe how he treats his son?

4. What does the smoke John sees coming out of the huts as he walks alone indicate?

5. What does John fear as he sits before his father at the start of the story?

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