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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What adjectives are used to describe John's father as he walks down the street at the start of the story?
(a) Elegant and intelligent.
(b) Frail but energetic.
(c) Husky and strong.
(d) Large and mean.

3. Where did John's parent live when John was very young?
(a) Mombasa.
(b) Limuru.
(c) Fort Hall.
(d) Nairobi.

4. Where is the main character standing as he watches his father walk down the street at the start of the story?
(a) Against the tree outside his hut.
(b) Ih his room at school.
(c) At the bus stop.
(d) In the doorway of his hut.

5. Where does John's father tell him they will go the next day when they first speak at the start of the story?
(a) The shops.
(b) Church.
(c) Schol.
(d) A restaurant.

6. What is John's father's name?
(a) Sylvane.
(b) Anthony.
(c) Stanley.
(d) Ned.

7. What is John's father's occupation?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Preacher.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Farmer.

8. What does John's father think as he pauses before responding after his wife asks him why he treats John the way he does?
(a) She has a point.
(b) Women will never understand.
(c) I am too easy on him.
(d) She is just as hard on him.

9. What is the main character's name?
(a) Paul.
(b) Steven.
(c) Joseph.
(d) John.

10. What does John's father call his wife?
(a) Susana.
(b) Susie-dear.
(c) Sister.
(d) Love.

11. What does John's father carry in his bag as he walks down the street?
(a) His shoes.
(b) School books.
(c) A Bible.
(d) His change purse.

12. What does John's father ask him, which John feels he has told his father many times?
(a) John's father asks him when his journey is.
(b) John's father asks him if he got good grades this term.
(c) John's father asks him if he cleaned his hut.
(d) John's father asks him if he did his homework.

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

14. What does John's father hope to protect his son from?
(a) Disease.
(b) Not getting a good education.
(c) Evil influences.
(d) Danger.

15. What is John's mother's name?
(a) Susana.
(b) Lilith.
(c) Mary.
(d) Annie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John fear as he sits before his father at the start of the story?

2. What does John's father do after his wife shouts at him in a tone she has never used before?

3. What religion did the family convert to when John was young?

4. How does John feel about the way his father often looks at him?

5. What words are used to describe the way John's father treats his son, which his wife "was never blind to" (57)?

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