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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pp. 55 - 58.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does John's mother always refer to him?
(a) Little one.
(b) The boy.
(c) John John.
(d) Little John.

4. How does John feel about the way his father often looks at him?
(a) He feels he looks at him like he is a sinner.
(b) He feels he looks at him with pity.
(c) He feels he looks at him likehe is a child.
(d) He feels he looks at him with great respect.

5. Why does John's father ask him what he has done after asking him to sit at the start of the story?
(a) John's mother told him he had gotten into trouble.
(b) John had told his father they needed to talk.
(c) John will not look at him.
(d) John's father heard a rumor about him in town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does John's father tell him they will go the next day when they first speak at the start of the story?

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

3. What does John's father think as he pauses before responding after his wife asks him why he treats John the way he does?

4. What does John's father do after his wife shouts at him in a tone she has never used before?

5. What does John fear as he sits before his father at the start of the story?

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