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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. Why do so many at the tea shop know that John is soon heading for school in Uganda?
(a) His mother had told everyone.
(b) He told everyone when he arrived at the tea shop.
(c) It was in the Swahili newspaper.
(d) HIs father told everyone at church.

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

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

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

5. What does the old woman who asks John how he is call him?
(a) Brother.
(b) Son.
(c) Nephew.
(d) My child.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is everyone said to know about John's nature?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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