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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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 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.

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

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

5. What is John's feeling toward his father?
(a) Anger.
(b) Admiration.
(c) Fear.
(d) Warmth.

6. How does John feel about the way his father often looks at him?
(a) He feels he looks at him like he is a sinner.
(b) He feels he looks at him with great respect.
(c) He feels he looks at him with pity.
(d) He feels he looks at him likehe is a child.

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

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

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

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

11. What is the main character's name?
(a) Paul.
(b) Steven.
(c) Joseph.
(d) John.

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

13. 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 reads his Bible.
(c) He yells back.
(d) He storms out of the hut.

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

15. What did John's father tell his mother to talk to John about instead of telling him the stories she had always told him?
(a) How to be a good man.
(b) The importance of a good education.
(c) How Jesus had died for them.
(d) How to avoid trouble in the village.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John's father ask him, which John feels he has told his father many times?

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

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

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

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

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