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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pp. 55 - 58.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John's father feel his wife made him do long ago, and hopes his son does not do the same thing?
(a) Quit school.
(b) Sin.
(c) Move.
(d) Get a low-paying job.

2. What is John's mother's name?
(a) Susana.
(b) Mary.
(c) Annie.
(d) Lilith.

3. What is John's father's name?
(a) Ned.
(b) Sylvane.
(c) Stanley.
(d) Anthony.

4. How does John's mother always refer to him?
(a) John John.
(b) Little one.
(c) Little John.
(d) The boy.

5. What does John's father hope to protect his son from?
(a) Disease.
(b) Not getting a good education.
(c) Danger.
(d) Evil influences.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John's father tell his mother to talk to John about instead of telling him the stories she had always told him?

2. What is John's father's occupation?

3. What does John fear as he sits before his father at the start of the story?

4. Who is the author of "Meeting in the Dark"?

5. How much time does John say he has before going away to school at the start of the story?

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