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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pp. 58 - 62 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does John's father ask him what he has done after asking him to sit at the start of the story?
(a) John's mother told him he had gotten into trouble.
(b) John had told his father they needed to talk.
(c) John will not look at him.
(d) John's father heard a rumor about him in town.

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

3. How does John's mother always refer to him?
(a) The boy.
(b) John John.
(c) Little John.
(d) Little one.

4. What does Wamuhu's father say to his wife after John leaves?
(a) There is not way he would let Wamuhu marry such a scoundrel.
(b) He reminds his wife that their daughter has been circumcised.
(c) He does not think an educated man like John would be interested in their daughter.
(d) He would be proud to call John his son.

5. What do Wamuhu's parents know about John when he arrives at the hut?
(a) He is the educated one from the village.
(b) He walked very far to get there.
(c) He is Susana's son.
(d) He has been seeing their daughter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does John feel the village looks as he walks alone in the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?

3. What does John want to yell at his village as he walks alone in the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?

4. Why does John envy the young men and women he passes on the street at night?

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

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