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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. How much time does John say he has before going away to school at the start of the story?
2. What does John's father carry in his bag as he walks down the street?
3. What is John's father's occupation?
4. Why does John's mother wonder if his father's treatment of him stems from resentment?
5. How does John's mother always refer to him?
Short Essay Questions
1. What worries John as he sits with his father at the start of the story?
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 does John's father seem to want to protect his son from?
5. What backstory of John's parents marriage and life is given at the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
6. What does John's mother say to her husband after John leaves following their conversation?
7. 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?
8. How did John's father's conversion to Christianity change their life?
9. How is John's father described at the start of "Meeting in the Dark" as John watches him walk toward their hut?
10. What does John's father tell him he does not want him to do while in the village?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing the narrative structure of "Meeting in the Dark." What effect does this have on the story and the reader? Use direct examples from the story to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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.
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