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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does John's mother always refer to him?
(a) John John.
(b) The boy.
(c) Little John.
(d) Little one.

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

4. How much time does John say he has before going away to school at the start of the story?
(a) 8 weeks.
(b) 6 months.
(c) One week.
(d) One month.

5. Where does John's father tell him they will go the next day when they first speak at the start of the story?
(a) Schol.
(b) The shops.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) Church.

6. What does John's father carry in his bag as he walks down the street?
(a) His change purse.
(b) A Bible.
(c) School books.
(d) His shoes.

7. 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 John like his mother better.
(c) Because he had wanted a daughter.
(d) Because John was born out of sin.

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

9. 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) Women will never understand.
(b) I am too easy on him.
(c) She is just as hard on him.
(d) She has a point.

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

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

12. What does John's father hope to protect his son from?
(a) Evil influences.
(b) Not getting a good education.
(c) Disease.
(d) Danger.

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

14. Why does John's father ask him what he has done after asking him to sit at the start of the story?
(a) John's father heard a rumor about him in town.
(b) John's mother told him he had gotten into trouble.
(c) John had told his father they needed to talk.
(d) John will not look at him.

15. What does John's father feel his wife made him do long ago, and hopes his son does not do the same thing?
(a) Quit school.
(b) Get a low-paying job.
(c) Sin.
(d) Move.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. What is the main character's name?

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

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