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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 adjectives are used to describe John's father as he walks down the street at the start of the story?
(a) Large and mean.
(b) Frail but energetic.
(c) Elegant and intelligent.
(d) Husky and strong.

2. Who does John want to see at the hut he goes to after dinner?
(a) His best friend.
(b) His old teacher.
(c) The old woman.
(d) Wamuhu.

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

4. What is something that "the white man's religion" (62) does not allow?
(a) Men to marry circumcised women.
(b) Father's to choose their daughter's husbands.
(c) People from different tribes to marry.
(d) People to marry if they are not in love.

5. What is the first thing John asks Wamuhu while they are walking?
(a) If her parents know.
(b) If she will miss him when he goes to school.
(c) If she wants to go out for dinner.
(d) If she will marry him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is John sure his father and the church would never let him marry Wamuhu?

2. What does John's father carry in his bag as he walks down the street?

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

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

5. What is Wamuhu's mother "preoccupied" (62) with when her husband asks her why she thinks John came?

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