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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does John respond when Wamuhu's mother asks him to sit and wait for Wamuhu?
(a) He asks if he can make them the tea.
(b) He mutters something and hurries out the hut.
(c) He thanks her profusely and shakes her hands.
(d) He bows his head, says thank you and sits.

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

3. In what ways is it said that "many young men tried to serve two masters" (67)?
(a) They got married to girls who had converted.
(b) They went to church by day and met with girlfriends at night.
(c) They brought their girlfriends to church.
(d) They went to church on the weekend and studied during the week.

4. Whose anger drives John's treatment of Wamuhu at the end of the story?
(a) His professors.
(b) Reverend Carstone.
(c) His father and the villagers.
(d) His mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John's father call his wife?

2. As Wamuhu walks away, what does John feel she might be doing to him?

3. Who is it said that some of the educated boys return to the village with?

4. What image does John see when he looks at Wamuhu as they are walking in the evening?

5. What is something that "the white man's religion" (62) does not allow?

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