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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 does John's father do after his wife shouts at him in a tone she has never used before?
(a) He smacks her.
(b) He yells back.
(c) He storms out of the hut.
(d) He reads his Bible.

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

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

4. What is the main character's name?
(a) Steven.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Paul.
(d) John.

5. At which point is it said that John's parents stopped being happy?
(a) When John left for college.
(b) After John was born.
(c) When he became a preacher.
(d) When his mother got a job.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is John's father's occupation?

3. What did John's father tell his mother to talk to John about instead of telling him the stories she had always told him?

4. Where does John's father tell him they will go the next day when they first speak at the start of the story?

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

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