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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John do before leaving his hut in hopes his father will not know he left?
(a) He locks the door so nobody can come in.
(b) He tells his father not to go to his hut because he will be studying.
(c) He tells his parents he is going to bed.
(d) He lights his lantern.

2. Why does John envy the young men and women he passes on the street at night?
(a) They have completed school.
(b) He feels they are not judged as harshly as educated men are.
(c) They have good jobs.
(d) They have more money than he does.

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

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

5. What is the village John lives referred to as he walks alone in the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
(a) Lonely towns.
(b) Mushroom towns.
(c) Sprawling towns.
(d) Shanty towns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old woman who asks John how he is call him?

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

3. Where does John tell the old woman he is going for school the following week?

4. Who does John want to see at the hut he goes to after dinner?

5. What does John worry will happen if the people of his village find out his secret?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does John feel about his village as he walks alone just after leaving his parent's hut?

2. What happens at the tea shop John goes to during his walk alone in the village and why?

3. Describe John's interaction with the old woman carrying a large load of Kuni he meets on his walk through the village?

4. What is Stanley's position on his son spending time with other girls?

5. What does Wamuhu's father say after John leaves and his wife seems hopeful that John likes their daughter?

6. What does John's mother tell John when he returns to the hut after returning from the tea shop and why does this worry John?

7. What does John do as he prepares to leave his hut without telling his parents?

8. How does John feel about the men and women he passes in the village as he walks alone to Wamuhu's hut?

9. Where is Wamuhu when John arrives at her hut? How does his mother behave toward John?

10. In what ways is John said to be different than other educated boys who return to the village?

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