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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. What is John's father's name?
3. How does John's mother always refer to him?
4. What does John fear as he sits before his father at the start of the story?
5. How does John feel about the way his father often looks at him?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does John's father seem to want to protect his son from?
2. What worries John as he sits with his father at the start of the story?
3. What is John's mother doing while John's father speaks to him before he goes for his walk?
4. What does John's father tell him he does not want him to do while in the village?
5. What does John's mother say to her husband after John leaves following their conversation?
6. How did John's father's conversion to Christianity change their life?
7. How is John's father described at the start of "Meeting in the Dark" as John watches him walk toward their hut?
8. What backstory of John's parents marriage and life is given at the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
9. 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?
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 examining the structure of the story. How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Write a brief essay analyzing the title "Meeting in the Dark." Explore the ways in which this title connects to the plot and themes of the story.
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