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

2. What religion did the family convert to when John was young?
(a) Islam.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Christianity.

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

4. What is John's mother doing quietly when his father asks him to sit down?
(a) Reading a book.
(b) Peeling potatoes.
(c) Washing clothes.
(d) Cleaning the dishes.

5. What words are used to describe the way John's father treats his son, which his wife "was never blind to" (57)?
(a) Excessive leniency.
(b) Tough love.
(c) Unconditional love.
(d) Moral torture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main character's name?

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

3. What does John's father feel his wife made him do long ago, and hopes his son does not do the same thing?

4. What is John's feeling toward his father?

5. What does John's father call his wife?

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