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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. What did John say he dreamed about after his visit to the graveyard?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Being lost.
(c) Stepping on graves.
(d) Grasshoppers.

2. What do John and Boughton see from the porch after spending an evening going over their texts?
(a) Fireflies.
(b) Distant fires.
(c) Lightning.
(d) Sunrise.

3. What does John say "you never quite get used to"?
(a) The world at night.
(b) Questions about eternity.
(c) The scrutiny of other people.
(d) Growing old.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why had John's grandfather come to Kansas from Maine?

2. What biblical character does John compare Jack to?

3. John's grandfather walked out of his father's church during a sermon. Where did the grandfather go?

4. What causes the death of many soldiers and others all across the country at the end of WWI?

5. If John lives, who does he say he will vote for?

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