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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) Nakuru.
(b) Makeno.
(c) Mayuki.
(d) Kakumi.

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

3. What does John fear the government might do if he has a child with Wamuhu?
(a) Banish him from the village.
(b) Withdraw his scholarship.
(c) Bar him from returning to school.
(d) Have him imprisoned.

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

5. What did John's father tell his mother to talk to John about instead of telling him the stories she had always told him?
(a) The importance of a good education.
(b) How to be a good man.
(c) How to avoid trouble in the village.
(d) How Jesus had died for them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wamuhu's mother say to her husband after John leaves?

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

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

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

5. What does John's father carry in his bag as he walks down the street?

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