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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 think as he pauses before responding after his wife asks him why he treats John the way he does?
(a) Women will never understand.
(b) She is just as hard on him.
(c) She has a point.
(d) I am too easy on him.

2. What is John's mother doing quietly when his father asks him to sit down?
(a) Cleaning the dishes.
(b) Washing clothes.
(c) Reading a book.
(d) Peeling potatoes.

3. Where does John's father tell him they will go the next day when they first speak at the start of the story?
(a) The shops.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) Church.
(d) Schol.

4. What is John's father's occupation?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Preacher.
(d) Teacher.

5. Why does John's mother wonder if his father's treatment of him stems from resentment?
(a) Because John like his mother better.
(b) Because he had wanted a daughter.
(c) Because he never wanted a child.
(d) Because John was born out of sin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did John's parent live when John was very young?

2. What does John's father call his wife?

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

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