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

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

3. 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) A restaurant.
(c) The shops.
(d) Church.

4. What does John's father do after his wife shouts at him in a tone she has never used before?
(a) He yells back.
(b) He reads his Bible.
(c) He storms out of the hut.
(d) He smacks her.

5. 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?
(a) He does not want to hear John is disobeying his mother.
(b) He does not want to hear of any trouble.
(c) He does not want to hear that John is not doing well in school.
(d) He does not want to hear that John has a girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What words are used to describe the way John's father treats his son, which his wife "was never blind to" (57)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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