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

2. What does John's father think as he pauses before responding after his wife asks him why he treats John the way he does?
(a) She has a point.
(b) I am too easy on him.
(c) Women will never understand.
(d) She is just as hard on him.

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

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

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) How to be a good man.
(b) How to avoid trouble in the village.
(c) How Jesus had died for them.
(d) The importance of a good education.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is John's mother doing quietly when his father asks him to sit down?

3. 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?

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

5. What religion did the family convert to when John was young?

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