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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) The importance of a good education.
(c) How Jesus had died for them.
(d) How to be a good man.

2. What words are used to describe the way John's father treats his son, which his wife "was never blind to" (57)?
(a) Unconditional love.
(b) Moral torture.
(c) Excessive leniency.
(d) Tough love.

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

4. Where did John's parent live when John was very young?
(a) Nairobi.
(b) Fort Hall.
(c) Limuru.
(d) Mombasa.

5. 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 when his journey is.
(c) John's father asks him if he got good grades this term.
(d) John's father asks him if he cleaned his hut.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does John fear as he sits before his father at the start 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 does John's father ask him what he has done after asking him to sit at the start of the story?

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

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