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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 did John's father tell his mother to talk to John about instead of telling him the stories she had always told him?
(a) How Jesus had died for them.
(b) How to avoid trouble in the village.
(c) The importance of a good education.
(d) How to be a good man.

2. What is John's feeling toward his father?
(a) Fear.
(b) Admiration.
(c) Warmth.
(d) Anger.

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

4. 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) Bibles.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) White wives or Black wives who spoke English.
(d) Adopted children.

5. How are some of the educated boys who return to the village said to act?
(a) With humility.
(b) With piety.
(c) Like Europeans.
(d) Like nothing has changed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does John nearly collide with upon leaving Wamuhu's hut?

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

3. What is John's mother doing quietly when his father asks him to sit down?

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

5. How does John respond when Wamuhu's mother asks him to sit and wait for Wamuhu?

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