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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Boughton name his son Jack after John?
(a) Boughton was afraid that he might not have another son.
(b) Boughton liked the name John.
(c) Boughton thought naming children after biblical characters was too showy.
(d) Boughton's wife talked him into it.

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

3. Why does John Ames tell his son that he might be gone sometime?
(a) Because he needs to make a trip.
(b) Because he has to go out of town on business.
(c) Because he is old.
(d) Because he's tired of living in their home.

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

5. What relieved Lila when she found out ________________ was not the same as work on Sundays?
(a) Studying.
(b) Taking long walks.
(c) Preparing meals.
(d) Ironing.

6. If John lives, who does he say he will vote for?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Keefauver.
(c) Ron Paul.
(d) Eisenhower.

7. What is the cause of John's "own dark time?"
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Family deaths.
(c) Separation.
(d) Illness.

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

9. What was Boughton's childhood name?
(a) Brewster.
(b) Buster.
(c) Bobby.
(d) Benny.

10. When John's father sees his grandfather after his encounter with the Union soldier, what is the grandfather carrying under his arm?
(a) Two bloody shirts.
(b) A rifle.
(c) A haversack.
(d) A bowie knife.

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

12. What causes the death of many soldiers and others all across the country at the end of WWI?
(a) The bird flu.
(b) The Swine flu.
(c) The Spanish flu.
(d) Tuberculosis.

13. Why does John's father say "I never did forgive myself" after the narrator's grandfather told him about shooting the Union soldier?
(a) Agreeing with his father that what he had done was proper.
(b) Not going to look for the soldier.
(c) Lying about the soldier's whereabouts to the authorities.
(d) Not turning his father in.

14. According to John, why is a lawn sprinkler a magnificent invention?
(a) It exposes raindrops to sunshine.
(b) It waters the grass when it does not rain.
(c) It is a resource-saving device.
(d) It gives little boys something to play in.

15. What is the color of John's son's favorite shirt?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ailment does John have, according to his doctor?

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

3. When John met with the church trustees, what suggestions from him did they ignore?

4. While wandering in Kansas, what does John's father tell him that he saw coming through the doors of his father's church?

5. What does John say is the strangest thing about "this life, about being in ministry"?

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