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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6 (pages 86-104).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. John tells a story about a building project in a little abolitionist settlement. What was built?
(a) A jail.
(b) A tunnel.
(c) A church.
(d) A dry goods store.

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

4. According to John, visions sometimes only come under what circumstances?
(a) In memory.
(b) In purity of thought.
(c) In prayer.
(d) In dreams.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Boughton's son come from before visiting his home?

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

3. When John would come home and his grandfather was in the house in the midst of a vision, what would his mother tell him?

4. What was Boughton's childhood name?

5. What is Theodore Dwight Weld Boughton's job?

(see the answer key)

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