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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 image does John see when he looks at Wamuhu as they are walking in the evening?
(a) His mother.
(b) Their baby.
(c) God.
(d) His father.

2. Who is the author of "Meeting in the Dark"?
(a) Thiong'o Achibe.
(b) Ngũgĩ Thomas.
(c) John Thiong'o.
(d) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.

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

4. Aside from John, who is said to fear John's father?
(a) Nobody.
(b) Everyone.
(c) His mother.
(d) Wamuhu.

5. What is John's father's name?
(a) Stanley.
(b) Anthony.
(c) Sylvane.
(d) Ned.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does John tell the old woman he is going for school the following week?

2. What is the name of the village John lives in and walks alone in at the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?

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 is Wamuhu's mood when she and John first begin to walk together?

5. What would Stanley do to anyone in the church who broke his strict moral rules?

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