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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 everyone said to know about John's nature?
2. How does John respond when Wamuhu's mother asks him to sit and wait for Wamuhu?
3. What does John call the old woman who passes him and asks how he is doing?
4. What do Wamuhu's parents know about John when he arrives at the hut?
5. What is something that "the white man's religion" (62) does not allow?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does John do as he prepares to leave his hut without telling his parents?
2. Describe John's interaction with the old woman carrying a large load of Kuni he meets on his walk through the village?
3. How does John feel about his village as he walks alone just after leaving his parent's hut?
4. Where is Wamuhu when John arrives at her hut? How does his mother behave toward John?
5. What does Wamuhu's father say after John leaves and his wife seems hopeful that John likes their daughter?
6. What happens at the tea shop John goes to during his walk alone in the village and why?
7. How does John feel about the men and women he passes in the village as he walks alone to Wamuhu's hut?
8. 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?
9. What is Stanley's position on his son spending time with other girls?
10. In what ways is John said to be different than other educated boys who return to the village?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay about the author of "Meeting in the Dark." Who is he? What else has he written? How is "Meeting in the Dark" similar or different from his other works?
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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