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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3 (pages 37-57).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did John feel that he would be a minister?
(a) He knew he would fail at anything else.
(b) It was the only life he knew.
(c) He was compelled by what he had learned through reading the bible.
(d) His mother forced him into the ministry.

2. What does John tell his son he regrets?
(a) The hard times his son and his mother must have gone through.
(b) That he is dying.
(c) That he was away for long periods of time.
(d) That he lost his hearing.

3. Growing up, John was ____________________ than most of his childhood friends, saying the trait "ran in his family."
(a) Faster.
(b) Taller.
(c) Smarter.
(d) Shorter.

4. John writes to his son, saying, "One great benefit of a religious vocation is that it helps you ..."
(a) Understand deep issues.
(b) Concentrate.
(c) Be sympathetic.
(d) Argue.

5. Who does John feel that his son is very much like?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His wife.
(d) His grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John say was the most thrilling thing that ever happened in his life?

2. When was the only time that John did not live in Gilead?

3. Why does John Ames tell his son that he might be gone sometime?

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

5. When John and his father visited the graveyard, his father said, "I would never have thought this place could be ..."

(see the answer key)

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