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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. What is John's father's occupation?

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

3. What did John's father tell his mother to talk to John about instead of telling him the stories she had always told him?

4. Where did John's parent live when John was very young?

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

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

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

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

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

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 mother say to her husband after John leaves following their conversation?

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the story's themes?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay examining the ending of "Meeting in the Dark." How did the ending fit into the storyline? Do you think the ending was effective? What theme might the ending represent? What might the author have done differently?

Essay Topic 3

Genre is a category assigned to a literary work. What are some genres that could be used to classify the story? What is the main genre of the story? Do you think this genre is most effective? Explain.

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