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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 feeling toward his father?
(a) Admiration.
(b) Fear.
(c) Anger.
(d) Warmth.

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

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

4. 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?
(a) He does not want to hear that John has a girlfriend.
(b) He does not want to hear that John is not doing well in school.
(c) He does not want to hear John is disobeying his mother.
(d) He does not want to hear of any trouble.

5. What is John's father's occupation?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Preacher.
(d) Farmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "Meeting in the Dark"?

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

3. What religion did the family convert to when John was young?

4. What words are used to describe the way John's father treats his son, which his wife "was never blind to" (57)?

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?

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