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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 is John's mother's name?
(a) Lilith.
(b) Susana.
(c) Annie.
(d) Mary.

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

3. What word does John's mother use to describe how he treats his son?
(a) Threaten.
(b) Admonish.
(c) Persecute.
(d) Antagonize.

4. 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.

5. What does John's father carry in his bag as he walks down the street?
(a) His change purse.
(b) School books.
(c) His shoes.
(d) A Bible.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did John's parent live when John was very young?

3. What does John's father hope to protect his son from?

4. What did John's father tell his mother to talk to John about instead of telling him the stories she had always told him?

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

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