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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pp. 63 - 70.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the village John lives in and walks alone in at the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
(a) Kakumi.
(b) Nakuru.
(c) Mayuki.
(d) Makeno.

2. What does John call the old woman who passes him and asks how he is doing?
(a) Sister.
(b) Grandmother.
(c) Mother.
(d) Auntie.

3. What does John fear as he sits before his father at the start of the story?
(a) He fears his father lost his job.
(b) He fears his father knows his secret.
(c) He fears his father is going to tell him he is moving out.
(d) He fears his father is going to tell him he cannot go away to school.

4. What does John offer Wamuhu money to do?
(a) Have an abortion.
(b) Say that someone else got her pregnant.
(c) Take care of their baby while he is away.
(d) See a doctor to make sure she is pregnant.

5. Why does John's mother wonder if his father's treatment of him stems from resentment?
(a) Because John was born out of sin.
(b) Because John like his mother better.
(c) Because he had wanted a daughter.
(d) Because he never wanted a child.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the main character's name?

3. Why do so many at the tea shop know that John is soon heading for school in Uganda?

4. How much time does Wamuhu agreed to wait before telling her parents she is pregnant?

5. What does John's father ask him, which John feels he has told his father many times?

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