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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. Who does John nearly collide with upon leaving Wamuhu's hut?
2. What is the village John lives referred to as he walks alone in the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
3. What does John do before leaving his hut in hopes his father will not know he left?
4. What does John call the old woman who passes him and asks how he is doing?
5. What is something that "the white man's religion" (62) does not allow?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Stanley's position on his son spending time with other girls?
2. How does John feel about his village as he walks alone just after leaving his parent's hut?
3. What does Wamuhu's father say after John leaves and his wife seems hopeful that John likes their daughter?
4. What does John's mother tell John when he returns to the hut after returning from the tea shop and why does this worry John?
5. In what ways is John said to be different than other educated boys who return to the village?
6. Where is Wamuhu when John arrives at her hut? How does his mother behave toward John?
7. What happens at the tea shop John goes to during his walk alone in the village and why?
8. What does John do as he prepares to leave his hut without telling his parents?
9. Describe John's interaction with the old woman carrying a large load of Kuni he meets on his walk through the village?
10. How does John feel about the men and women he passes in the village as he walks alone to Wamuhu's hut?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the story's themes?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Examine how education plays a part in the story's plot.
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