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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 is John's father's name?
2. What is the main character's name?
3. What adjectives are used to describe John's father as he walks down the street at the start of the story?
4. How does John feel about the way his father often looks at him?
5. Where is the main character standing as he watches his father walk down the street at the start of the story?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is John's father described at the start of "Meeting in the Dark" as John watches him walk toward their hut?
2. 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?
3. 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?
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. What worries John as he sits with his father at the start of the story?
7. What backstory of John's parents marriage and life is given at the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
8. What is John's mother doing while John's father speaks to him before he goes for his walk?
9. What does John's father seem to want to protect his son from?
10. How did John's father's conversion to Christianity change their life?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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 an essay analyzing narrative voice in "Meeting in the Dark." Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the story’s themes.
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