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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 did John's father tell his mother to talk to John about instead of telling him the stories she had always told him?
(a) How to avoid trouble in the village.
(b) How Jesus had died for them.
(c) The importance of a good education.
(d) How to be a good man.

2. What does John's father ask him, which John feels he has told his father many times?
(a) John's father asks him if he did his homework.
(b) John's father asks him if he cleaned his hut.
(c) John's father asks him when his journey is.
(d) John's father asks him if he got good grades this term.

3. What does John's father hope to protect his son from?
(a) Evil influences.
(b) Danger.
(c) Disease.
(d) Not getting a good education.

4. What does John's father call his wife?
(a) Susie-dear.
(b) Sister.
(c) Love.
(d) Susana.

5. 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) Elegant and intelligent.
(c) Frail but energetic.
(d) Husky and strong.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is John's father's occupation?

2. How does John's mother always refer to him?

3. What is the main character's name?

4. What is John's father's name?

5. What words are used to describe the way John's father treats his son, which his wife "was never blind to" (57)?

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