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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) How Jesus had died for them.
(b) How to avoid trouble in the village.
(c) The importance of a good education.
(d) How to be a good man.

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

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

5. 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 smacks her.
(c) He storms out of the hut.
(d) He yells back.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. 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 John was born out of sin.
(d) Because he never wanted a child.

15. 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 with pity.
(c) He feels he looks at him with great respect.
(d) He feels he looks at him likehe is a child.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does John's father ask him, which John feels he has told his father many times?

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 does John's father feel his wife made him do long ago, and hopes his son does not do the same thing?

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