A Meeting in the Dark Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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A Meeting in the Dark Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

9. 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) Frail but energetic.
(c) Husky and strong.
(d) Elegant and intelligent.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does John's mother wonder if his father's treatment of him stems from resentment?

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

(see the answer keys)

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