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

2. When was the only time that John did not live in Gilead?
(a) When he served in the Army.
(b) When he was away at seminary.
(c) When his family lived for a while in Florida.
(d) When he served as a missionary in Africa.

3. What was John's father's name?
(a) Jonas Ames.
(b) Jack Ames.
(c) John Ames.
(d) Joshua Ames.

4. What is Theodore Dwight Weld Boughton's job?
(a) He teaches at a seminary.
(b) He is a sea captain.
(c) He is a newspaper reporter.
(d) He runs a hospital for the destitute in Mississippi.

5. What does the doctor tell John to take a shot of every day?
(a) Red wine.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Brandy.
(d) Whiskey.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What two biblical characters does John's father compare the two of them to on their journey to Kansas?

3. What biblical character does John compare Jack to?

4. John tells a story about a building project in a little abolitionist settlement. What was built?

5. According to John, visions sometimes only come under what circumstances?

(see the answer key)

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