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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 John's father think as he pauses before responding after his wife asks him why he treats John the way he does?
(a) She has a point.
(b) I am too easy on him.
(c) Women will never understand.
(d) She is just as hard on him.

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

3. Who is the author of "Meeting in the Dark"?
(a) Thiong'o Achibe.
(b) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.
(c) John Thiong'o.
(d) Ngũgĩ Thomas.

4. Who is it said that some of the educated boys return to the village with?
(a) Friends from school.
(b) White or Negro wives who spoke English.
(c) Their teachers.
(d) Family members who live near the school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wamuhu's mother tell John Wamuhu will do when she gets back to the hut if he waits?

2. What does the smoke John sees coming out of the huts as he walks alone indicate?

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

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

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

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