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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does John's father call his wife?
(a) Love.
(b) Sister.
(c) Susie-dear.
(d) Susana.

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

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

6. 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) Schol.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) Church.

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

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

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

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

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

12. What word does John's mother use to describe how he treats his son?
(a) Threaten.
(b) Admonish.
(c) Antagonize.
(d) Persecute.

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

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

15. Why does John's father ask him what he has done after asking him to sit at the start of the story?
(a) John's mother told him he had gotten into trouble.
(b) John's father heard a rumor about him in town.
(c) John had told his father they needed to talk.
(d) John will not look at him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What adjectives are used to describe John's father as he walks down the street at the start of the story?

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

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

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

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