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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pp. 55 - 58.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is John's mother's name?
(a) Lilith.
(b) Mary.
(c) Susana.
(d) Annie.

2. What word does John's mother use to describe how he treats his son?
(a) Threaten.
(b) Admonish.
(c) Persecute.
(d) Antagonize.

3. How does John feel about the way his father often looks at him?
(a) He feels he looks at him likehe is a child.
(b) He feels he looks at him like he is a sinner.
(c) He feels he looks at him with pity.
(d) He feels he looks at him with great respect.

4. Where is the main character standing as he watches his father walk down the street at the start of the story?
(a) At the bus stop.
(b) In the doorway of his hut.
(c) Against the tree outside his hut.
(d) Ih his room at school.

5. How does John's mother always refer to him?
(a) Little one.
(b) John John.
(c) Little John.
(d) The boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does John's mother wonder if his father's treatment of him stems from resentment?

2. What adjectives are used to describe John's father as he walks down the street at the start of the story?

3. What words are used to describe the way John's father treats his son, which his wife "was never blind to" (57)?

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

5. What is John's father's occupation?

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