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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. Why does John's father ask him what he has done after asking him to sit at the start of the story?
2. What did John's father tell his mother to talk to John about instead of telling him the stories she had always told him?
3. Why does John's mother wonder if his father's treatment of him stems from resentment?
4. Who is the author of "Meeting in the Dark"?
5. What is John's feeling toward his father?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did John's father's conversion to Christianity change their life?
2. What is John's mother doing while John's father speaks to him before he goes for his walk?
3. What backstory of John's parents marriage and life is given at the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
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 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?
6. What does John's mother say to her husband after John leaves following their conversation?
7. What does John's father seem to want to protect his son from?
8. What worries John as he sits with his father at the start of the story?
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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay about the author of "Meeting in the Dark." Who is he? What else has he written? How is "Meeting in the Dark" similar or different from his other works?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing the symbolic significance of John's father’s position as a preacher. Why is this important and how does it develop the themes of the story? What would be different if his family were not Christian? Use examples from the text to support your viewpoint.
Essay Topic 3
Write a detailed analysis of tone in Thiong'o's "Meeting in the Dark." Include whether the tone changes or remains the same. If it changes, include details on when, why and whether this change is effective.
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