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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 want to yell at his village as he walks alone in the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
(a) I love you forever!
(b) I hate you! You trapped me alive!
(c) I cannot leave you, my home!
(d) Damn this place!

2. What does John worry will happen if the people of his village find out his secret?
(a) They will no longer hold him in high esteem.
(b) They will ban him from going to church.
(c) He will be banished.
(d) They will blame his parents.

3. Why does John's mother wonder if his father's treatment of him stems from resentment?
(a) Because he had wanted a daughter.
(b) Because John was born out of sin.
(c) Because he never wanted a child.
(d) Because John like his mother better.

4. What is John's father's name?
(a) Anthony.
(b) Sylvane.
(c) Stanley.
(d) Ned.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What adjectives are used to describe John's father as he walks down the street at the start of the story?

3. What is the village John lives referred to as he walks alone in the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?

4. Where does John's father tell him they will go the next day when they first speak at the start of the story?

5. Who is the author of "Meeting in the Dark"?

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