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

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

3. What does Wamuhu's father say to his wife after John leaves?
(a) He does not think an educated man like John would be interested in their daughter.
(b) He reminds his wife that their daughter has been circumcised.
(c) There is not way he would let Wamuhu marry such a scoundrel.
(d) He would be proud to call John his son.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is something that "the white man's religion" (62) does not allow?

3. What does Wamuhu's mother say to her husband after John leaves?

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

5. Why does John envy the young men and women he passes on the street at night?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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