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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does John feel about the way his father often looks at him?
(a) He feels he looks at him with pity.
(b) He feels he looks at him likehe is a child.
(c) He feels he looks at him like he is a sinner.
(d) He feels he looks at him with great respect.

2. What word does John's mother use to describe how he treats his son?
(a) Threaten.
(b) Persecute.
(c) Antagonize.
(d) Admonish.

3. Where does John's father tell him they will go the next day when they first speak at the start of the story?
(a) Church.
(b) The shops.
(c) Schol.
(d) A restaurant.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time does John say he has before going away to school at the start of the story?

2. 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?

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

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

5. What is John's father's occupation?

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