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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wamuhu's mother say to her husband after John leaves?
(a) She worries Wamuhu will break John's heart because she does not like him.
(b) She had suspected John liked Wamuhu and that he has a good reputation.
(c) She had been worried something was going on between John and Wamuhu.
(d) She feels Wamuhu is far too good for John.

2. What does John worry will happen if the people of his village find out his secret?
(a) They will ban him from going to church.
(b) They will no longer hold him in high esteem.
(c) He will be banished.
(d) They will blame his parents.

3. Why do so many at the tea shop know that John is soon heading for school in Uganda?
(a) HIs father told everyone at church.
(b) It was in the Swahili newspaper.
(c) He told everyone when he arrived at the tea shop.
(d) His mother had told everyone.

4. What is everyone said to know about John's nature?
(a) He is shy.
(b) He is polite.
(c) He is moody.
(d) He is gregarious.

5. What does the old woman who asks John how he is call him?
(a) Nephew.
(b) Brother.
(c) Son.
(d) My child.

6. Who does John nearly collide with upon leaving Wamuhu's hut?
(a) Wamuhu.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) The old woman.

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

8. What does the smoke John sees coming out of the huts as he walks alone indicate?
(a) People have lit a fire for light.
(b) The evening is unusually cold.
(c) Women have returned from the shambas.
(d) People are having Bible study.

9. How does John feel the village looks as he walks alone in the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
(a) Pitiful.
(b) Ugly.
(c) Majestic.
(d) Holy.

10. What is Wamuhu's mother "preoccupied" (62) with when her husband asks her why she thinks John came?
(a) Cooking dinner.
(b) Hope.
(c) Folding laundry.
(d) Despair.

11. Who is it said that some of the educated boys return to the village with?
(a) Their teachers.
(b) Family members who live near the school.
(c) Friends from school.
(d) White or Negro wives who spoke English.

12. What do Wamuhu's parents know about John when he arrives at the hut?
(a) He is the educated one from the village.
(b) He walked very far to get there.
(c) He has been seeing their daughter.
(d) He is Susana's son.

13. Who does John find at the hut he goes to after dinner?
(a) His old teacher.
(b) His best friend.
(c) The old woman.
(d) Wamuhu's parents.

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

15. What does Wamuhu's mother tell John Wamuhu will do when she gets back to the hut if he waits?
(a) Read the Bible with him.
(b) Make him tea.
(c) Make him dinner.
(d) Go for a walk with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what war is John's village said to have grown?

2. What does Wamuhu's father say to his wife after John leaves?

3. How are some of the educated boys who return to the village said to act?

4. 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?

5. What is the village John lives referred to as he walks alone in the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?

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