View a FREE sample

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 carry in his bag as he walks down the street?
(a) School books.
(b) His shoes.
(c) A Bible.
(d) His change purse.

2. What religion did the family convert to when John was young?
(a) Islam.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Buddhism.

3. What does John's father do after his wife shouts at him in a tone she has never used before?
(a) He smacks her.
(b) He storms out of the hut.
(c) He reads his Bible.
(d) He yells back.

4. At which point is it said that John's parents stopped being happy?
(a) When he became a preacher.
(b) When his mother got a job.
(c) After John was born.
(d) When John left for college.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does John feel about the way his father often looks at him?

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

4. Where did John's parent live when John was very young?

5. What is the main character's name?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 235 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample