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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does John find at the hut he goes to after dinner?
(a) His best friend.
(b) His old teacher.
(c) The old woman.
(d) Wamuhu's parents.

2. Why does John envy the young men and women he passes on the street at night?
(a) They have completed school.
(b) They have good jobs.
(c) They have more money than he does.
(d) He feels they are not judged as harshly as educated men are.

3. What is John's father's occupation?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Preacher.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Teacher.

4. What is Wamuhu's mother "preoccupied" (62) with when her husband asks her why she thinks John came?
(a) Cooking dinner.
(b) Hope.
(c) Folding laundry.
(d) Despair.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does John's mother wonder if his father's treatment of him stems from resentment?

2. What is the main character's name?

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

4. What word does John "notice with bitterness" (61) he did not use when speaking to Wamuhu's mother?

5. What did John's father tell his mother to talk to John about instead of telling him the stories she had always told him?

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