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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5 (pages 72-85).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do John and Boughton see from the porch after spending an evening going over their texts?
(a) Distant fires.
(b) Sunrise.
(c) Lightning.
(d) Fireflies.

2. Why does John Ames tell his son that he might be gone sometime?
(a) Because he is old.
(b) Because he has to go out of town on business.
(c) Because he's tired of living in their home.
(d) Because he needs to make a trip.

3. What does John say "you never quite get used to"?
(a) Questions about eternity.
(b) The scrutiny of other people.
(c) Growing old.
(d) The world at night.

4. What was Boughton's childhood name?
(a) Brewster.
(b) Benny.
(c) Buster.
(d) Bobby.

5. When John was a boy, a farmer was murdered with what weapon?
(a) A shotgun.
(b) A lead pipe.
(c) A bowie knife.
(d) A Confederate pistol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John's father give him every time he learned five scripture verses and could repeat them without a mistake?

2. What does John say is the strangest thing about "this life, about being in ministry"?

3. What two biblical characters does John's father compare the two of them to on their journey to Kansas?

4. In John's house, which he has lived in since being a small boy, what is in the home that was the same from his childhood?

5. What does the doctor tell John to take a shot of every day?

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