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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. During what war is John's village said to have grown?
(a) The Makeno war.
(b) The Mau Mau.
(c) The Limuru war.
(d) The Kikuyu war.

3. What is something that "the white man's religion" (62) does not allow?
(a) Men to marry circumcised women.
(b) People to marry if they are not in love.
(c) People from different tribes to marry.
(d) Father's to choose their daughter's husbands.

4. What is John's father's occupation?
(a) Preacher.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Teacher.

5. 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) Against the tree outside his hut.
(c) At the bus stop.
(d) In the doorway of his hut.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does John want to see at the hut he goes to after dinner?

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

3. What is John's mother's name?

4. How does John feel the village looks as he walks alone in the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?

5. What does John do before leaving his hut in hopes his father will not know he left?

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