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

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

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

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

5. What is John's mother doing quietly when his father asks him to sit down?
(a) Washing clothes.
(b) Cleaning the dishes.
(c) Reading a book.
(d) Peeling potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John's father think as he pauses before responding after his wife asks him why he treats John the way he does?

2. What does John's father carry in his bag as he walks down the street?

3. What does John's father call his wife?

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

5. Where did John's parent live when John was very young?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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 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?

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

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

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

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