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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. What do the old men in John's church call his son?
(a) Sport.
(b) Deacon.
(c) Junior.
(d) Youngster.

2. What is the cause of John's "own dark time?"
(a) Separation.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Family deaths.
(d) Illness.

3. Where did John's father take him when he was twelve?
(a) To the grave of his grandfather.
(b) To Des Moines.
(c) To the family's ancestral home in Maine.
(d) To Topeka.

4. What does John have stored in boxes upstairs in his house?
(a) Sermons.
(b) Letters to his first wife.
(c) Dishes.
(d) Baseball cards.

5. What does John say was the most thrilling thing that ever happened in his life?
(a) When he preached his first sermon.
(b) When his wife said "You ought to marry me."
(c) When he baptized his infant daughter.
(d) When his son was born.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is John's son?

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

4. What did John say he dreamed about after his visit to the graveyard?

5. What was Boughton's childhood name?

(see the answer key)

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