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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did John's first wife die?
(a) From tuberculosis.
(b) From a fall.
(c) From the measles.
(d) In childbirth.

2. What did John and his father trade with the widow for her two boiled eggs and two boiled potatoes?
(a) Jerky.
(b) Confederate money.
(c) Turnips.
(d) Onions.

3. How many children does Boughton have?
(a) Eight.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

4. Why did John's grandfather take him to Des Moines?
(a) To see Babe Ruth play.
(b) To see Bud Fowler play.
(c) To see Ty Cobb play.
(d) To see Shoeless Joe Jackson play.

5. How did John get a great reputation for wisdom?
(a) By reading poetry.
(b) By ordering more books than he ever had time to read.
(c) By quoting scripture.
(d) From having years of seminary.

6. When John and his father visited the graveyard, his father said, "I would never have thought this place could be ..."
(a) Desolate.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Dark.
(d) Lonesome.

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

8. What does John find Jack Boughton and his son doing when he comes home for lunch?
(a) Eating a piece of cake.
(b) Playing catch.
(c) Reading the newspaper together.
(d) Playing dominos.

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

10. While wandering in Kansas, what does John's father tell him that he saw coming through the doors of his father's church?
(a) Union soldiers.
(b) John Brown.
(c) John Brown's mule.
(d) John Brown's horse.

11. Growing up, John was ____________________ than most of his childhood friends, saying the trait "ran in his family."
(a) Faster.
(b) Taller.
(c) Shorter.
(d) Smarter.

12. What does John say was the most thrilling thing that ever happened in his life?
(a) When his son was born.
(b) When he preached his first sermon.
(c) When he baptized his infant daughter.
(d) When his wife said "You ought to marry me."

13. What does the doctor tell John to take a shot of every day?
(a) Brandy.
(b) Red wine.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Whiskey.

14. What vision did John's grandfather have?
(a) Jesus in chains.
(b) Jesus walking on the water.
(c) Jesus on the cross.
(d) Jesus healing the lepers.

15. John writes to his son, saying, "One great benefit of a religious vocation is that it helps you ..."
(a) Be sympathetic.
(b) Concentrate.
(c) Argue.
(d) Understand deep issues.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did John feel that he would be a minister?

2. What does John state he remembers instead of grief and loneliness?

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

4. Why did Boughton name his son Jack after John?

5. John's grandfather walked out of his father's church during a sermon. Where did the grandfather go?

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