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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 two biblical characters does John's father compare the two of them to on their journey to Kansas?
(a) Adam and Eve.
(b) Abraham and Isaac.
(c) Jacob and Esau.
(d) Cain and Abel.

2. What causes the death of many soldiers and others all across the country at the end of WWI?
(a) The Swine flu.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) The Spanish flu.
(d) The bird flu.

3. Who is John's older brother?
(a) Edward.
(b) Henry.
(c) Boughton.
(d) Thomas.

4. What vision did John's grandfather have?
(a) Jesus on the cross.
(b) Jesus walking on the water.
(c) Jesus healing the lepers.
(d) Jesus in chains.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How old is John's son?

4. John states that "there were barrels on the street corners" so that contributions could be made to the war effort. What is placed in these barrels?

5. How did John's first wife die?

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