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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 is the old woman who passes John while he walks alone carrying?
(a) Laundry.
(b) Kuni.
(c) Water.
(d) Cassava.

2. What is everyone said to know about John's nature?
(a) He is shy.
(b) He is moody.
(c) He is polite.
(d) He is gregarious.

3. Why does John envy the young men and women he passes on the street at night?
(a) They have more money than he does.
(b) They have good jobs.
(c) He feels they are not judged as harshly as educated men are.
(d) They have completed school.

4. What is the name of the village John lives in and walks alone in at the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
(a) Kakumi.
(b) Mayuki.
(c) Nakuru.
(d) Makeno.

5. How does John feel about the way his father often looks at him?
(a) He feels he looks at him with pity.
(b) He feels he looks at him likehe is a child.
(c) He feels he looks at him with great respect.
(d) He feels he looks at him like he is a sinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is something that "the white man's religion" (62) does not allow?

2. What words are used to describe the way John's father treats his son, which his wife "was never blind to" (57)?

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

4. Where is the main character standing as he watches his father walk down the street at the start of the story?

5. What does John worry will happen if the people of his village find out his secret?

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