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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9 (pages 132-160).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the doctor tell John to take a shot of every day?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Red wine.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Brandy.

2. How old is Jack Boughton as John writes about him?
(a) 43.
(b) 40.
(c) 51.
(d) 35.

3. Why does John's father say "I never did forgive myself" after the narrator's grandfather told him about shooting the Union soldier?
(a) Not going to look for the soldier.
(b) Not turning his father in.
(c) Lying about the soldier's whereabouts to the authorities.
(d) Agreeing with his father that what he had done was proper.

4. What is the shape of the weather vane on the steeple of John's church?
(a) A cross.
(b) A pointing finger.
(c) An arrow.
(d) A rooster.

5. When John met with the church trustees, what suggestions from him did they ignore?
(a) That repairs be made to the church building.
(b) That the church purchase new hymnals.
(c) That the church install stained glass windows.
(d) That the church be sold to the Lutherans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John's father bury and tell him not to dig up?

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

3. What did John and his father trade with the widow for her two boiled eggs and two boiled potatoes?

4. Where does Boughton's son come from before visiting his home?

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

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