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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 the smoke John sees coming out of the huts as he walks alone indicate?
(a) People have lit a fire for light.
(b) People are having Bible study.
(c) The evening is unusually cold.
(d) Women have returned from the shambas.

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

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

4. What does John's father feel his wife made him do long ago, and hopes his son does not do the same thing?
(a) Quit school.
(b) Sin.
(c) Get a low-paying job.
(d) Move.

5. What adjectives are used to describe John's father as he walks down the street at the start of the story?
(a) Husky and strong.
(b) Elegant and intelligent.
(c) Large and mean.
(d) Frail but energetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old woman who asks John how he is call him?

2. During what war is John's village said to have grown?

3. How much time does John say he has before going away to school at the start of the story?

4. What word does John "notice with bitterness" (61) he did not use when speaking to Wamuhu's mother?

5. What is the name of the village John lives in and walks alone in at the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?

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