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

2. When John and his father visited the graveyard, his father said, "I would never have thought this place could be ..."
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Desolate.
(c) Dark.
(d) Lonesome.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was John's first wife?

2. When does John want the son to read his journals?

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

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

5. What are John's feelings about the two young men who worked at the garage as he passed them on the street?

(see the answer key)

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