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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 word does John's mother use to describe how he treats his son?
(a) Antagonize.
(b) Threaten.
(c) Persecute.
(d) Admonish.

2. What does John's father do after his wife shouts at him in a tone she has never used before?
(a) He smacks her.
(b) He storms out of the hut.
(c) He reads his Bible.
(d) He yells back.

3. What does Stanley ask John just as they are almost done with their shopping?
(a) If he will be having dinner with them that night.
(b) When he will be leaving for school.
(c) Why he did not come to evening prayer the night before.
(d) What he was doing with Wamuhu the night before.

4. What does John's father feel his wife made him do long ago, and hopes his son does not do the same thing?
(a) Move.
(b) Quit school.
(c) Get a low-paying job.
(d) Sin.

5. What is everyone said to know about John's nature?
(a) He is moody.
(b) He is shy.
(c) He is polite.
(d) He is gregarious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John do to Wamuhu at the end of "Meeting in the Dark"?

2. What is the main character's name?

3. What is the old woman who passes John while he walks alone carrying?

4. How are some of the educated boys who return to the village said to act?

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

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