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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay discussing the setting and time period of "Meeting in the Dark." In what ways does the time period and setting impact your understanding of the story as well as the themes?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay examining John’s dream in "Meeting in the Dark." What happens in the dream? What might the dream symbolize? How does John’s dream develop the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay comparing and contrasting John and Wamuhu in "Meeting in the Dark." What details help develop their character and what do these details tell you about them? What is their background? Describe their relationship, beliefs, and interactions. In what ways are they similar or different? Explain.

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