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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 feeling toward his father?
2. What does John's father do after his wife shouts at him in a tone she has never used before?
3. Where did John's parent live when John was very young?
4. What does John's father ask him, which John feels he has told his father many times?
5. What does John's father think as he pauses before responding after his wife asks him why he treats John the way he does?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does John's father tell him he does not want him to do while in the village?
2. How did John's father's conversion to Christianity change their life?
3. What backstory of John's parents marriage and life is given at the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
4. What worries John as he sits with his father at the start of the story?
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 is John's mother doing while John's father speaks to him before he goes for his walk?
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 does John's father seem to want to protect his son from?
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 does John's mother say to her husband after John leaves following their conversation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Pick a character from the story and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?
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
Genre is a category assigned to a literary work. What are some genres that could be used to classify the story? What is the main genre of the story? Do you think this genre is most effective? Explain.
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