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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 ask him, which John feels he has told his father many times?
(a) John's father asks him when his journey is.
(b) John's father asks him if he did his homework.
(c) John's father asks him if he cleaned his hut.
(d) John's father asks him if he got good grades this term.

2. What did John's father tell his mother to talk to John about instead of telling him the stories she had always told him?
(a) The importance of a good education.
(b) How to be a good man.
(c) How to avoid trouble in the village.
(d) How Jesus had died for them.

3. What does John's father tell him he does not want him to hear of before dismissing John from their conversation at the start of the story?
(a) He does not want to hear that John has a girlfriend.
(b) He does not want to hear John is disobeying his mother.
(c) He does not want to hear of any trouble.
(d) He does not want to hear that John is not doing well in school.

4. Who is the author of "Meeting in the Dark"?
(a) Ngũgĩ Thomas.
(b) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.
(c) John Thiong'o.
(d) Thiong'o Achibe.

5. What is the main character's name?
(a) Joseph.
(b) John.
(c) Paul.
(d) Steven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John's father carry in his bag as he walks down the street?

2. What does John's father hope to protect his son from?

3. What does John's father think as he pauses before responding after his wife asks him why he treats John the way he does?

4. What word does John's mother use to describe how he treats his son?

5. What is John's father's name?

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