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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 first thing John asks Wamuhu while they are walking?
(a) If she will marry him.
(b) If she will miss him when he goes to school.
(c) If her parents know.
(d) If she wants to go out for dinner.

2. Why does John's father ask him what he has done after asking him to sit at the start of the story?
(a) John's mother told him he had gotten into trouble.
(b) John had told his father they needed to talk.
(c) John will not look at him.
(d) John's father heard a rumor about him in town.

3. How much time does John say he has before going away to school at the start of the story?
(a) One week.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 8 weeks.
(d) One month.

4. What is John's feeling toward his father?
(a) Admiration.
(b) Warmth.
(c) Fear.
(d) Anger.

5. What feeling does John have as he and Wamuhu walk after they first see each other?
(a) Hate.
(b) Joy.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Shame.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Wamuhu's mood when she and John first begin to walk together?

4. What is Wamuhu's mother "preoccupied" (62) with when her husband asks her why she thinks John came?

5. What word does John's mother use to describe how he treats his son?

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