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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does John's father hope to protect his son from?
(a) Not getting a good education.
(b) Disease.
(c) Danger.
(d) Evil influences.

3. Why does John's mother wonder if his father's treatment of him stems from resentment?
(a) Because John like his mother better.
(b) Because John was born out of sin.
(c) Because he never wanted a child.
(d) Because he had wanted a daughter.

4. 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) Get a low-paying job.
(c) Sin.
(d) Quit school.

5. Why does John's father ask him what he has done after asking him to sit at the start of the story?
(a) John's mother told him he had gotten into trouble.
(b) John's father heard a rumor about him in town.
(c) John had told his father they needed to talk.
(d) John will not look at him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John's father do after his wife shouts at him in a tone she has never used before?

2. What does John fear as he sits before his father at the start of the story?

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

4. What does John's father ask him, which John feels he has told his father many times?

5. What is John's feeling toward his father?

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