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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pp. 58 - 62 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John's father tell him he does not want him to hear of before dismissing John from their conversation at the start of the story?
(a) He does not want to hear that John is not doing well in school.
(b) He does not want to hear of any trouble.
(c) He does not want to hear John is disobeying his mother.
(d) He does not want to hear that John has a girlfriend.

2. Who does John want to see at the hut he goes to after dinner?
(a) The old woman.
(b) Wamuhu.
(c) His best friend.
(d) His old teacher.

3. What do Wamuhu's parents know about John when he arrives at the hut?
(a) He is Susana's son.
(b) He walked very far to get there.
(c) He is the educated one from the village.
(d) He has been seeing their daughter.

4. Who does John nearly collide with upon leaving Wamuhu's hut?
(a) Wamuhu.
(b) The old woman.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John want to yell at his village as he walks alone in the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?

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

3. Where does John's father tell him they will go the next day when they first speak 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 does Wamuhu's mother tell John Wamuhu will do when she gets back to the hut if he waits?

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