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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 did John's father tell his mother to talk to John about instead of telling him the stories she had always told him?
3. What is the main character's name?
4. What does John's father carry in his bag as he walks down the street?
5. What does John's father call his wife?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What does John's father seem to want to protect his son from?
3. What is John's mother doing while John's father speaks to him before he goes for his walk?
4. 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?
5. What worries John as he sits with his father at the start of the story?
6. What backstory of John's parents marriage and life is given at the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
7. What does John's mother say to her husband after John leaves following their conversation?
8. How did John's father's conversion to Christianity change their life?
9. What does John's father tell him he does not want him to do while in the village?
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
Write an essay discussing the setting and time period of "Meeting in the Dark." In what ways does the time period and setting impact your understanding of the story as well as the themes?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay examining the structure of the story. How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?
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