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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John's father ask him, which John feels he has told his father many times?
(a) John's father asks him if he did his homework.
(b) John's father asks him when his journey is.
(c) John's father asks him if he cleaned his hut.
(d) John's father asks him if he got good grades this term.

2. What does John's father think as he pauses before responding after his wife asks him why he treats John the way he does?
(a) I am too easy on him.
(b) Women will never understand.
(c) She has a point.
(d) She is just as hard on him.

3. 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.

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

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

6. What does John's father call his wife?
(a) Susana.
(b) Love.
(c) Susie-dear.
(d) Sister.

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

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

9. Where did John's parent live when John was very young?
(a) Nairobi.
(b) Fort Hall.
(c) Limuru.
(d) Mombasa.

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

11. What adjectives are used to describe John's father as he walks down the street at the start of the story?
(a) Elegant and intelligent.
(b) Husky and strong.
(c) Frail but energetic.
(d) Large and mean.

12. Where is the main character standing as he watches his father walk down the street at the start of the story?
(a) At the bus stop.
(b) In the doorway of his hut.
(c) Against the tree outside his hut.
(d) Ih his room at school.

13. 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) A restaurant.
(d) Schol.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does John's father ask him what he has done after asking him to sit at the start of the story?

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

4. What did John's father tell his mother to talk to John about instead of telling him the stories she had always told him?

5. What is John's mother doing quietly when his father asks him to sit down?

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