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

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

3. In what way does John feel marrying Wamuhu would impact his future?
(a) He would be banished from the church.
(b) He would not be able to attend university.
(c) His father would disown him.
(d) He would have to become a preacher.

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

5. How does John's mother always refer to him?
(a) The boy.
(b) Little John.
(c) Little one.
(d) John John.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wamuhu's father say people who left the village to learn the white man's religion brought back to the village when they returned?

2. What does John fear the government might do if he has a child with Wamuhu?

3. How is Stanley's attitude toward "all the people in the village" (67) described?

4. Where is the main character standing as he watches his father walk down the street at the start of the story?

5. Who does John nearly collide with upon leaving Wamuhu's hut?

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