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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 does John's father call his wife?
2. How does John feel about the way his father often looks at him?
3. Where does John's father tell him they will go the next day when they first speak at the start of the story?
4. What is John's father's name?
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 did John's father's conversion to Christianity change their life?
2. How is John's father described at the start of "Meeting in the Dark" as John watches him walk toward their hut?
3. 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?
4. What is John's mother doing while John's father speaks to him before he goes for his walk?
5. What does John's father seem to want to protect his son from?
6. What does John's mother say to her husband after John leaves following their conversation?
7. 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?
8. What backstory of John's parents marriage and life is given at the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
9. What does John's father tell him he does not want him to do while in the village?
10. What worries John as he sits with his father at the start of the story?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Write an essay analyzing Thiong'o's commentary on religion in "Meeting in the Dark." How is religion important to the story? How does it affect the narrative? Use textual evidence to explain your analysis.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing the symbolic significance of John's father’s position as a preacher. Why is this important and how does it develop the themes of the story? What would be different if his family were not Christian? Use examples from the text to support your viewpoint.
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