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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 15 (pages 233-247).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the revelation about Jack's wife after it is discovered that he has a wife and child?
(a) She is colored.
(b) She is a native American.
(c) She is moving in with the Boughtons.
(d) She is dying of tuberculosis.

2. Why does John feel that it is appropriate for his son to read about Jack Boughton, in spite of the fact that it might be betraying pastoral discretion?
(a) He wants his son to avoid the same mistakes Jack had made.
(b) He wants his son to see the beauty in Jack.
(c) He wants to express to his son how sorry he was for Jack.
(d) He wants to expose Jack for what he was.

3. How did John break his finger when he was 22?
(a) Having a horse step on it.
(b) Catching a fastball.
(c) Sliding into second base.
(d) Slamming a garden gate on it.

4. What does John have stored in boxes upstairs in his house?
(a) Dishes.
(b) Letters to his first wife.
(c) Baseball cards.
(d) Sermons.

5. What did John's father give him every time he learned five scripture verses and could repeat them without a mistake?
(a) A nickel.
(b) A quarter.
(c) A dime.
(d) A penny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Union soldier indicate he knows to John's father?

2. What does John encourage his son to do when he is an old man himself?

3. If John lives, who does he say he will vote for?

4. Who does Jack's wife's father believe Jack is descended from?

5. What is John's favorite breakfast?

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