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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 fear as he sits before his father at the start of the story?
2. What is John's mother's name?
3. What is John's father's occupation?
4. What does John's father ask him, which John feels he has told his father many times?
5. How does John feel about the way his father often looks at him?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did John's father's conversion to Christianity change their life?
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 mother say to her husband after John leaves following their conversation?
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 does John's father seem to want to protect his son from?
6. What backstory of John's parents marriage and life is given at the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
7. What is John's mother doing while John's father speaks to him before he goes for his walk?
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 worries John as he sits with his father at the start of the story?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the way the author uses minor characters in the story. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Write an essay discussing the setting and time period of "Meeting in the Dark." In what ways does the time period and setting impact your understanding of the story as well as the themes?
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