View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. How are some of the educated boys who return to the village said to act?
(a) Like nothing has changed.
(b) With piety.
(c) Like Europeans.
(d) With humility.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does John nearly collide with upon leaving Wamuhu's hut?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 797 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample