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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 mother doing quietly when his father asks him to sit down?
2. What is John's mother's name?
3. Why does John's father ask him what he has done after asking him to sit at the start of the story?
4. What did John's father tell his mother to talk to John about instead of telling him the stories she had always told him?
5. What does John fear as he sits before his father at the start of the story?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is John's mother doing while John's father speaks to him before he goes for his walk?
2. 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?
3. What does John's father seem to want to protect his son from?
4. How is John's father described at the start of "Meeting in the Dark" as John watches him walk toward their hut?
5. What backstory of John's parents marriage and life is given at the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
6. What worries John as he sits with his father at the start of the story?
7. How did John's father's conversion to Christianity change their life?
8. What does John's father tell him he does not want him to do while in the village?
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 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
Write an essay analyzing Thiong'o's commentary on religion in "Meeting in the Dark." How is religion important to the story? How does it affect the narrative? Use textual evidence to explain your analysis.
Essay Topic 2
Write a detailed analysis of tone in Thiong'o's "Meeting in the Dark." Include whether the tone changes or remains the same. If it changes, include details on when, why and whether this change is effective.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay describing the imagery used in "Meeting in the Dark." Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.
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