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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

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's father tell him he does not want him to hear of before dismissing John from their conversation at the start of the story?

3. What does John's father call his wife?

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

5. Where is the main character standing as he watches his father walk down the street at the start of the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does John's father tell him he does not want him to do while in the village?

2. What is John's mother doing while John's father speaks to him before he goes for his walk?

3. How does John feel in his father's presence at the start of "Meeting in the Dark"? How does he think his father views him?

4. What worries John as he sits with his father at the start of the story?

5. What does John's mother say to her husband after John leaves following their conversation?

6. What question does John's father ask him which he has already answered many times at the start of "Meeting in the Dark"? What is John's reply?

7. What does John's father seem to want to protect his son from?

8. What backstory of John's parents marriage and life is given at the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?

9. How did John's father's conversion to Christianity change their life?

10. How is John's father described at the start of "Meeting in the Dark" as John watches him walk toward their hut?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick a character from the story and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 2

Write a brief essay analyzing the title "Meeting in the Dark." Explore the ways in which this title connects to the plot and themes of the story.

Essay Topic 3

Examine how education plays a part in the story's plot.

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