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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12 (pages 185-201).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John say has been one of the great irritations of his life?
(a) Jack spending time with his son.
(b) Seeing Boughton and his son Jack together.
(c) Growing old and infirm.
(d) Being so much older than his wife.

2. What confession does John make about Jack as part of a burden of guilt he feels?
(a) He has never been able to warm to him.
(b) He is resentful of him.
(c) He is afraid of him.
(d) He is jealous of him.

3. What baseball team does Jack Boughton favor?
(a) The Cardinals.
(b) The White Sox.
(c) The Dodgers.
(d) The Yankees.

4. What song does John sing as he rocked his son?
(a) At the Cross.
(b) Alas, and Did My Savior Bleed.
(c) Holy, Holy, Holy.
(d) Go to Dark Gethsemane.

5. How many children does Boughton have?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to John, what does light seem to be a metaphor for?

2. What does John state he remembers instead of grief and loneliness?

3. What did Boughton tell John about the trumpet vines covering his house?

4. How does John spend the whole night after overhearing the conversation between Lila and Jack?

5. How does John describe Boughton's parents?

(see the answer key)

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