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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 does John's father feel his wife made him do long ago, and hopes his son does not do the same thing?
2. How much time does John say he has before going away to school at the start of the story?
3. Where did John's parent live when John was very young?
4. What does John's father do after his wife shouts at him in a tone she has never used before?
5. What is John's father's name?
Short Essay Questions
1. What backstory of John's parents marriage and life is given at the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
2. What does John's father tell him he does not want him to do while in the village?
3. What does John's mother say to her husband after John leaves following their conversation?
4. 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?
5. How is John's father described at the start of "Meeting in the Dark" as John watches him walk toward their hut?
6. What is John's mother doing while John's father speaks to him before he goes for his walk?
7. What does John's father seem to want to protect his son from?
8. How did John's father's conversion to Christianity change their life?
9. What worries John as he sits with his father at the start of the story?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay describing the imagery used in "Meeting in the Dark." Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing Thiong'o's language style and word choice in "Meeting in the Dark." What are some words that stand out to you and why? What words are repeated? What words are most impactful? Explain your answers.
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