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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John states that "there were barrels on the street corners" so that contributions could be made to the war effort. What is placed in these barrels?
(a) Nylon stockings.
(b) Grease.
(c) Tin foil.
(d) Peach pits.

2. What did Jack Boughton call John?
(a) Papa.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Brother Ames.
(d) Reverend.

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

4. What is John's son's friend's name?
(a) Todd.
(b) Timothy.
(c) Tobias.
(d) Thomas.

5. What does John say "you never quite get used to"?
(a) Growing old.
(b) Questions about eternity.
(c) The scrutiny of other people.
(d) The world at night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tobias's father's name?

2. What does John say was the most thrilling thing that ever happened in his life?

3. When John was a boy, a farmer was murdered with what weapon?

4. What was John's mother's name?

5. What is the shape of the weather vane on the steeple of John's church?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe John's brother, Edward.

2. Describe some of the events John and his father faced in their journey to Kansas.

3. What are some of the key aspects of John's life that he recounts to his son?

4. How does John describe being "imperishable"?

5. Describe the preaching John's grandfather did after coming back from the war, and how it affected his listeners.

6. What does John learn about his grandfather and his encounter with a Union soldier?

7. What is the contrast between John's father and his grandfather's views on war?

8. How does John describe himself as a younger man?

9. What are some of John's impressions of Tobias and his son?

10. What are John's feelings about baseball, and what incidents contributed to those feelings?

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