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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 is John's mother doing quietly when his father asks him to sit down?
(a) Reading a book.
(b) Cleaning the dishes.
(c) Washing clothes.
(d) Peeling potatoes.

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

3. What does John's father call his wife?
(a) Susie-dear.
(b) Susana.
(c) Love.
(d) Sister.

4. What is John's mother's name?
(a) Mary.
(b) Lilith.
(c) Susana.
(d) Annie.

5. What does John's father carry in his bag as he walks down the street?
(a) His change purse.
(b) School books.
(c) His shoes.
(d) A Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. At which point is it said that John's parents stopped being happy?

2. What is John's father's name?

3. What does John's father feel his wife made him do long ago, and hopes his son does not do the same thing?

4. Where does John's father tell him they will go the next day when they first speak at the start of the story?

5. What does John's father tell him he does not want him to hear of before dismissing John from their conversation at the start of the story?

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