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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 want to see at the hut he goes to after dinner?
(a) His old teacher.
(b) Wamuhu.
(c) His best friend.
(d) The old woman.

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

4. What does Wamuhu's mother say to her husband after John leaves?
(a) She had suspected John liked Wamuhu and that he has a good reputation.
(b) She feels Wamuhu is far too good for John.
(c) She worries Wamuhu will break John's heart because she does not like him.
(d) She had been worried something was going on between John and Wamuhu.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John's father carry in his bag as he walks down the street?

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

3. What is John's feeling toward his father?

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

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

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