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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does John's father carry in his bag as he walks down the street?
(a) A Bible.
(b) School books.
(c) His change purse.
(d) His shoes.

3. What does John's father do after his wife shouts at him in a tone she has never used before?
(a) He reads his Bible.
(b) He yells back.
(c) He smacks her.
(d) He storms out of the hut.

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

5. Where is the main character standing as he watches his father walk down the street at the start of the story?
(a) Ih his room at school.
(b) Against the tree outside his hut.
(c) In the doorway of his hut.
(d) At the bus stop.

6. What religion did the family convert to when John was young?
(a) Islam.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Christianity.

7. What is John's feeling toward his father?
(a) Fear.
(b) Warmth.
(c) Anger.
(d) Admiration.

8. 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) She has a point.
(b) She is just as hard on him.
(c) Women will never understand.
(d) I am too easy on him.

9. How does John feel about the way his father often looks at him?
(a) He feels he looks at him like he is a sinner.
(b) He feels he looks at him likehe is a child.
(c) He feels he looks at him with great respect.
(d) He feels he looks at him with pity.

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

11. What words are used to describe the way John's father treats his son, which his wife "was never blind to" (57)?
(a) Moral torture.
(b) Excessive leniency.
(c) Unconditional love.
(d) Tough love.

12. 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) Move.
(c) Get a low-paying job.
(d) Sin.

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

14. Where did John's parent live when John was very young?
(a) Limuru.
(b) Mombasa.
(c) Nairobi.
(d) Fort Hall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does John's father ask him what he has done after asking him to sit at the start of the story?

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

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?

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

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

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