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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7 (pages 105-115).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Edward quote as they play catch?
(a) Psalm 23.
(b) Psalm 100.
(c) Psalm 133.
(d) Psalm 40.

2. How many children does Boughton have?
(a) Eight.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

3. What is the name of the Ames family cat?
(a) Bubbles.
(b) Soapy.
(c) Kitty.
(d) Mister.

4. Who put up the swing for John's son?
(a) Jack Boughton.
(b) The deacons of the church.
(c) Dan Boughton.
(d) The narrator himself.

5. Why does John's father say "I never did forgive myself" after the narrator's grandfather told him about shooting the Union soldier?
(a) Agreeing with his father that what he had done was proper.
(b) Not going to look for the soldier.
(c) Lying about the soldier's whereabouts to the authorities.
(d) Not turning his father in.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Jack Boughton call John?

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

4. Why did Boughton name his son Jack after John?

5. What does the doctor tell John to take a shot of every day?

(see the answer key)

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