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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. Why had John's grandfather come to Kansas from Maine?
(a) To help Free Soilers establish the right to vote.
(b) To fight the Confederates.
(c) To plant a church.
(d) To start a family in a new community.

2. What popular book does Lila "melt into"?
(a) Pride and Prejudice.
(b) Anne of Green Gables.
(c) The Trail of the Lonesome Pine.
(d) Dust Be My Destiny.

3. When does John want the son to read his journals?
(a) When the son gets married.
(b) When the son has a son of his own.
(c) When the narrator has moved away.
(d) When the narrator is dead.

4. What are John's feelings about the two young men who worked at the garage as he passed them on the street?
(a) That the two should be in jail.
(b) That the way they laughed seemed beautiful to him.
(c) That the two were being disrespectful.
(d) That the two should be coming to church.

5. When was John born?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1885.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of flowers does John's son and wife bring him?

2. What is the cause of John's "own dark time?"

3. What was John's mother's name?

4. Who does John feel that his son is very much like?

5. Why did John's grandfather take him to Des Moines?

(see the answer key)

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