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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pp. 55 - 58.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John's father feel his wife made him do long ago, and hopes his son does not do the same thing?
(a) Move.
(b) Quit school.
(c) Get a low-paying job.
(d) Sin.

2. What is John's father's name?
(a) Stanley.
(b) Sylvane.
(c) Anthony.
(d) Ned.

3. What is John's feeling toward his father?
(a) Anger.
(b) Warmth.
(c) Fear.
(d) Admiration.

4. Who is the author of "Meeting in the Dark"?
(a) Ngũgĩ Thomas.
(b) John Thiong'o.
(c) Thiong'o Achibe.
(d) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.

5. What did John's father tell his mother to talk to John about instead of telling him the stories she had always told him?
(a) The importance of a good education.
(b) How to be a good man.
(c) How Jesus had died for them.
(d) How to avoid trouble in the village.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John's father carry in his bag as he walks down the street?

2. What does John's father call his wife?

3. What word does John's mother use to describe how he treats his son?

4. What is the main character's name?

5. How does John's mother always refer to him?

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