A Meeting in the Dark Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

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A Meeting in the Dark Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

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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 fear as he sits before his father at the start of the story?
(a) He fears his father is going to tell him he is moving out.
(b) He fears his father knows his secret.
(c) He fears his father is going to tell him he cannot go away to school.
(d) He fears his father lost his job.

2. What adjectives are used to describe John's father as he walks down the street at the start of the story?
(a) Large and mean.
(b) Husky and strong.
(c) Elegant and intelligent.
(d) Frail but energetic.

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

4. How much time does John say he has before going away to school at the start of the story?
(a) One week.
(b) One month.
(c) 8 weeks.
(d) 6 months.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is John's mother's name?

3. What is John's feeling toward his father?

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

5. At which point is it said that John's parents stopped being happy?

(see the answer key)

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