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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pp. 58 - 62 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John fear as he sits before his father at the start of the story?
(a) He fears his father knows his secret.
(b) He fears his father lost his job.
(c) He fears his father is going to tell him he cannot go away to school.
(d) He fears his father is going to tell him he is moving out.

2. What does John call the old woman who passes him and asks how he is doing?
(a) Mother.
(b) Sister.
(c) Grandmother.
(d) Auntie.

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

4. What is the village John lives referred to as he walks alone in the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
(a) Shanty towns.
(b) Sprawling towns.
(c) Lonely towns.
(d) Mushroom towns.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does John's mother always refer to him?

2. What word does John's mother use to describe how he treats his son?

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

4. What is the main character's name?

5. What is something that "the white man's religion" (62) does not allow?

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