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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 carry in his bag as he walks down the street?
(a) His shoes.
(b) A Bible.
(c) His change purse.
(d) School books.

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

3. What does John fear as he sits before his father at the start of the story?
(a) He fears his father is going to tell him he is moving out.
(b) He fears his father is going to tell him he cannot go away to school.
(c) He fears his father lost his job.
(d) He fears his father knows his secret.

4. What is everyone said to know about John's nature?
(a) He is polite.
(b) He is gregarious.
(c) He is moody.
(d) He is shy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old woman who asks John how he is call him?

2. What does John's father do after his wife shouts at him in a tone she has never used before?

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

4. What is the old woman who passes John while he walks alone carrying?

5. What is the name of the village John lives in and walks alone in at the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?

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