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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 is something that "the white man's religion" (62) does not allow?
(a) People to marry if they are not in love.
(b) Father's to choose their daughter's husbands.
(c) Men to marry circumcised women.
(d) People from different tribes to marry.

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

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

4. What does Wamuhu's father say people who left the village to learn the white man's religion brought back to the village when they returned?
(a) White wives or Black wives who spoke English.
(b) Bibles.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Adopted children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do so many at the tea shop know that John is soon heading for school in Uganda?

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

3. What is Wamuhu's mother "preoccupied" (62) with when her husband asks her why she thinks John came?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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