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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's father call his wife?
(a) Susana.
(b) Love.
(c) Susie-dear.
(d) Sister.

2. What word does John "notice with bitterness" (61) he did not use when speaking to Wamuhu's mother?
(a) Ma'am.
(b) Mother.
(c) Auntie.
(d) Sister.

3. What does John's father ask him, which John feels he has told his father many times?
(a) John's father asks him if he cleaned his hut.
(b) John's father asks him if he did his homework.
(c) John's father asks him if he got good grades this term.
(d) John's father asks him when his journey is.

4. What does Wamuhu's father cite as the thing that broke their tribe apart?
(a) The white man's religion.
(b) Internal conflict between families.
(c) Many moved away.
(d) Education.

5. What is the main character's name?
(a) Joseph.
(b) John.
(c) Paul.
(d) Steven.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At which point is it said that John's parents stopped being happy?

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

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

5. During what war is John's village said to have grown?

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