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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 call the old woman who passes him and asks how he is doing?
(a) Auntie.
(b) Grandmother.
(c) Sister.
(d) Mother.

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

3. Who does John want to see at the hut he goes to after dinner?
(a) Wamuhu.
(b) His old teacher.
(c) The old woman.
(d) His best friend.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What word does John "notice with bitterness" (61) he did not use when speaking to Wamuhu's mother?

4. How does John respond when Wamuhu's mother asks him to sit and wait for Wamuhu?

5. What does John want to yell at his village as he walks alone in the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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