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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6 (pages 86-104).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do John and Boughton see from the porch after spending an evening going over their texts?
(a) Sunrise.
(b) Distant fires.
(c) Fireflies.
(d) Lightning.

2. Where did John's father take him when he was twelve?
(a) To Des Moines.
(b) To the family's ancestral home in Maine.
(c) To Topeka.
(d) To the grave of his grandfather.

3. Where does Boughton's son come from before visiting his home?
(a) Cincinnati.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) Boise.
(d) Des Moines.

4. What is the name of the Ames family cat?
(a) Soapy.
(b) Mister.
(c) Kitty.
(d) Bubbles.

5. John's grandfather walked out of his father's church during a sermon. Where did the grandfather go?
(a) Downtown to walk the streets.
(b) To his home.
(c) The Presbyterian church.
(d) To the Negro church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John tell his son he regrets?

2. John states that his wife is "an excellent woman, but unschooled in _____________________ "

3. When John and his father visited the graveyard, his father said, "I would never have thought this place could be ..."

4. What do the old men in John's church call his son?

5. Why does John Ames tell his son that he might be gone sometime?

(see the answer key)

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