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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 Wamuhu's father cite as the thing that broke their tribe apart?
(a) Internal conflict between families.
(b) The white man's religion.
(c) Many moved away.
(d) Education.

2. What does John want to yell at his village as he walks alone in the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
(a) I cannot leave you, my home!
(b) I love you forever!
(c) I hate you! You trapped me alive!
(d) Damn this place!

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

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

5. Where does John tell the old woman he is going for school the following week?
(a) Limuru.
(b) Makerere.
(c) Makeno.
(d) Kikuma.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does John feel the village looks as he walks alone in the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?

2. Who does John find at the hut he goes to after dinner?

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

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

5. What does John do before leaving his hut in hopes his father will not know he left?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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