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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 does John's father tell him they will go the next day when they first speak at the start of the story?
(a) Church.
(b) Schol.
(c) The shops.
(d) A restaurant.

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

3. 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 Jesus had died for them.
(b) The importance of a good education.
(c) How to avoid trouble in the village.
(d) How to be a good man.

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

5. What is John's mother doing quietly when his father asks him to sit down?
(a) Washing clothes.
(b) Cleaning the dishes.
(c) Reading a book.
(d) Peeling potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John's father ask him, which John feels he has told his father many times?

2. How does John feel about the way his father often looks at him?

3. What adjectives are used to describe John's father as he walks down the street at the start of the story?

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

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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