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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John fear as he sits before his father at the start of the story?

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

3. What religion did the family convert to when John was young?

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

5. Where is the main character standing as he watches his father walk down the street at the start of the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What worries John as he sits with his father at the start of the story?

2. What does John's mother say to her husband after John leaves following their conversation?

3. What backstory of John's parents marriage and life is given at the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?

4. What is John's mother doing while John's father speaks to him before he goes for his walk?

5. How did John's father's conversion to Christianity change their life?

6. How does John feel in his father's presence at the start of "Meeting in the Dark"? How does he think his father views him?

7. What does John's father seem to want to protect his son from?

8. How is John's father described at the start of "Meeting in the Dark" as John watches him walk toward their hut?

9. What does John's father tell him he does not want him to do while in the village?

10. What question does John's father ask him which he has already answered many times at the start of "Meeting in the Dark"? What is John's reply?

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