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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 adjectives are used to describe John's father as he walks down the street at the start of the story?
2. What words are used to describe the way John's father treats his son, which his wife "was never blind to" (57)?
3. What religion did the family convert to when John was young?
4. What does John fear as he sits before his father at the start of the story?
5. Why does John's mother wonder if his father's treatment of him stems from resentment?
Short Essay Questions
1. What worries John as he sits with his father at the start of the story?
2. What does John's father tell him he does not want him to do while in the village?
3. What does John's father seem to want to protect his son from?
4. How did John's father's conversion to Christianity change their life?
5. What backstory of John's parents marriage and life is given at the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
6. What does John's mother say to her husband after John leaves following their conversation?
7. 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?
8. How is John's father described at the start of "Meeting in the Dark" as John watches him walk toward their hut?
9. 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?
10. What is John's mother doing while John's father speaks to him before he goes for his walk?
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 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 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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