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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. 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.

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

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

4. 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) Large and mean.
(c) Elegant and intelligent.
(d) Frail but energetic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John's father feel his wife made him do long ago, and hopes his son does not do the same thing?

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

3. How does John feel about the way his father often looks at him?

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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