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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pp. 55 - 58.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is John's father's occupation?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Preacher.

2. What does John's father carry in his bag as he walks down the street?
(a) His change purse.
(b) His shoes.
(c) A Bible.
(d) School books.

3. What word does John's mother use to describe how he treats his son?
(a) Antagonize.
(b) Persecute.
(c) Admonish.
(d) Threaten.

4. What does John's father feel his wife made him do long ago, and hopes his son does not do the same thing?
(a) Move.
(b) Sin.
(c) Get a low-paying job.
(d) Quit school.

5. What does John's father call his wife?
(a) Susana.
(b) Love.
(c) Sister.
(d) Susie-dear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjectives are used to describe John's father as he walks down the street at the start of the story?

2. What words are used to describe the way John's father treats his son, which his wife "was never blind to" (57)?

3. How does John's mother always refer to him?

4. How much time does John say he has before going away to school at the start of the story?

5. What is John's mother doing quietly when his father asks him to sit down?

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