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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 is John's mother's name?
(a) Susana.
(b) Lilith.
(c) Mary.
(d) Annie.

2. 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 is going to tell him he cannot go away to school.
(c) He fears his father is going to tell him he is moving out.
(d) He fears his father lost his job.

3. How does John feel the village looks as he walks alone in the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
(a) Holy.
(b) Majestic.
(c) Ugly.
(d) Pitiful.

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

5. What is everyone said to know about John's nature?
(a) He is polite.
(b) He is gregarious.
(c) He is shy.
(d) He is moody.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does John tell the old woman he is going for school the following week?

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

3. What does the smoke John sees coming out of the huts as he walks alone indicate?

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

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

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