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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. Where did John's parent live when John was very young?
3. Who is the author of "Meeting in the Dark"?
4. Why does John's father ask him what he has done after asking him to sit at the start of the story?
5. What does John's father do after his wife shouts at him in a tone she has never used before?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does John's mother say to her husband after John leaves following their conversation?
2. How did John's father's conversion to Christianity change their life?
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 backstory of John's parents marriage and life is given at the beginning of "Meeting in the Dark"?
5. What does John's father seem to want to protect his son from?
6. What does John's father tell him he does not want him to do while in the village?
7. What is John's mother doing while John's father speaks to him before he goes for his walk?
8. 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?
9. What worries John as he sits with his father at the start of the story?
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
Examine how education plays a part in the story's plot.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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