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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does John's mother wonder if his father's treatment of him stems from resentment?
(a) Because he never wanted a child.
(b) Because John was born out of sin.
(c) Because he had wanted a daughter.
(d) Because John like his mother better.

2. What does John fear as he sits before his father at the start of the story?
(a) He fears his father lost his job.
(b) He fears his father knows his secret.
(c) He fears his father is going to tell him he is moving out.
(d) He fears his father is going to tell him he cannot go away to school.

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?
(a) The importance of a good education.
(b) How Jesus had died for them.
(c) How to avoid trouble in the village.
(d) How to be a good man.

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

5. How does John's mother always refer to him?
(a) The boy.
(b) Little John.
(c) Little one.
(d) John John.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did John's parent live when John was very young?

2. What does John's father tell him he does not want him to hear of before dismissing John from their conversation at the start of the story?

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

4. What is John's feeling toward his father?

5. What does John's father feel his wife made him do long ago, and hopes his son does not do the same thing?

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