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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 say to his wife after John leaves?
(a) He would be proud to call John his son.
(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 does not think an educated man like John would be interested in their daughter.

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

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

4. How are some of the educated boys who return to the village said to act?
(a) With piety.
(b) Like Europeans.
(c) With humility.
(d) Like nothing has changed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the old woman who passes John while he walks alone carrying?

2. During what war is John's village said to have grown?

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

4. What is the name of the village John lives in and walks alone in at the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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