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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 main character's name?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Steven.
(c) John.
(d) Paul.

2. Where did John's parent live when John was very young?
(a) Fort Hall.
(b) Nairobi.
(c) Mombasa.
(d) Limuru.

3. How are some of the educated boys who return to the village said to act?
(a) Like nothing has changed.
(b) Like Europeans.
(c) With humility.
(d) With piety.

4. What is the village John lives referred to as he walks alone in the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
(a) Mushroom towns.
(b) Shanty towns.
(c) Sprawling towns.
(d) Lonely towns.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does John's mother wonder if his father's treatment of him stems from resentment?

2. Why does John's father ask him what he has done after asking him to sit at the start of the story?

3. What is Wamuhu's mother "preoccupied" (62) with when her husband asks her why she thinks John came?

4. What does Wamuhu's father say to his wife after John leaves?

5. Who does John find at the hut he goes to after dinner?

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