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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 does John tell the old woman he is going for school the following week?
(a) Makerere.
(b) Limuru.
(c) Makeno.
(d) Kikuma.

2. What does John's father carry in his bag as he walks down the street?
(a) His change purse.
(b) A Bible.
(c) His shoes.
(d) School books.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. At which point is it said that John's parents stopped being happy?

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

5. What is everyone said to know about John's nature?

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