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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pp. 63 - 70.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stanley ask John just as they are almost done with their shopping?
(a) Why he did not come to evening prayer the night before.
(b) If he will be having dinner with them that night.
(c) When he will be leaving for school.
(d) What he was doing with Wamuhu the night before.

2. Who does John nearly collide with upon leaving Wamuhu's hut?
(a) His mother.
(b) Wamuhu.
(c) The old woman.
(d) His father.

3. How are some of the educated boys who return to the village said to act?
(a) Like nothing has changed.
(b) With humility.
(c) With piety.
(d) Like Europeans.

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

5. What does John say to Wamuhu though he does not truly believe it?
(a) He does not love her.
(b) He wants to marry her.
(c) He will stay with her and forgo college.
(d) She is to blame.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wamuhu ask John during the discussion?

2. Whose anger drives John's treatment of Wamuhu at the end of the story?

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

4. Why do so many at the tea shop know that John is soon heading for school in Uganda?

5. What is everyone said to know about John's nature?

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