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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 old woman who asks John how he is call him?
(a) My child.
(b) Brother.
(c) Nephew.
(d) Son.

2. Where does John's father tell him they will go the next day when they first speak at the start of the story?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) The shops.
(c) Schol.
(d) Church.

3. How does John respond when Wamuhu's mother asks him to sit and wait for Wamuhu?
(a) He asks if he can make them the tea.
(b) He thanks her profusely and shakes her hands.
(c) He bows his head, says thank you and sits.
(d) He mutters something and hurries out the hut.

4. What does John's father do after his wife shouts at him in a tone she has never used before?
(a) He smacks her.
(b) He yells back.
(c) He storms out of the hut.
(d) He reads his Bible.

5. What does Wamuhu's father say people who left the village to learn the white man's religion brought back to the village when they returned?
(a) Adopted children.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Bibles.
(d) White wives or Black wives who spoke English.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John's father carry in his bag as he walks down the street?

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

4. What word does John's mother use to describe how he treats his son?

5. Why do so many at the tea shop know that John is soon heading for school in Uganda?

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