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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 name of Jack's wife?
(a) Della.
(b) Delisa.
(c) Doreen.
(d) Donna.

2. What is Theodore Dwight Weld Boughton's job?
(a) He is a newspaper reporter.
(b) He teaches at a seminary.
(c) He runs a hospital for the destitute in Mississippi.
(d) He is a sea captain.

3. After Jack brings John and his family a sack of gourds, what does Lila give Jack in return?
(a) Squash.
(b) A watermelon.
(c) Cucumbers.
(d) Green tomatoes.

4. Why did John feel that he would be a minister?
(a) It was the only life he knew.
(b) He was compelled by what he had learned through reading the bible.
(c) He knew he would fail at anything else.
(d) His mother forced him into the ministry.

5. As a boy, what did Jack do to the John's mailbox?
(a) Filled it with wood shavings and set it on fire.
(b) Stuffed a dead chicken in it.
(c) Smashed it with a baseball bat.
(d) Stole it.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Lila began attending church every Sunday, how did that impact his sermon preparation?

2. What were Jack Boughton's first words to John after he met him in church the first time?

3. What trait does Jack possess that John states is almost a curse to him?

4. Who was it that said Christianity is a life, not a doctrine?

5. When John's father sees his grandfather after his encounter with the Union soldier, what is the grandfather carrying under his arm?

(see the answer key)

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