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

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

3. What is the name of the village John lives in and walks alone in at the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
(a) Nakuru.
(b) Makeno.
(c) Mayuki.
(d) Kakumi.

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

5. What word does John "notice with bitterness" (61) he did not use when speaking to Wamuhu's mother?
(a) Mother.
(b) Auntie.
(c) Ma'am.
(d) Sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the smoke John sees coming out of the huts as he walks alone indicate?

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

3. What does Wamuhu's father say to his wife after John leaves?

4. What do Wamuhu's parents know about John when he arrives at the hut?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does John feel about the men and women he passes in the village as he walks alone to Wamuhu'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. How does John feel about his village as he walks alone just after leaving his parent's hut?

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

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

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

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

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

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