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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 mother say to her husband after John leaves?
(a) She feels Wamuhu is far too good for John.
(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 worries Wamuhu will break John's heart because she does not like him.

2. 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) He will be banished.
(d) They will no longer hold him in high esteem.

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

4. During what war is John's village said to have grown?
(a) The Mau Mau.
(b) The Limuru war.
(c) The Makeno war.
(d) The Kikuyu war.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does John call the old woman who passes him and asks how he is doing?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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