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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 10 (pages 160-173).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What biblical character does John compare Jack to?
(a) The prodigal son.
(b) Abel.
(c) Doubting Thomas.
(d) Cain.

2. When John was a boy, a farmer was murdered with what weapon?
(a) A bowie knife.
(b) A lead pipe.
(c) A Confederate pistol.
(d) A shotgun.

3. Why did John's grandfather take him to Des Moines?
(a) To see Shoeless Joe Jackson play.
(b) To see Babe Ruth play.
(c) To see Bud Fowler play.
(d) To see Ty Cobb play.

4. What does John say was the most thrilling thing that ever happened in his life?
(a) When he baptized his infant daughter.
(b) When his son was born.
(c) When his wife said "You ought to marry me."
(d) When he preached his first sermon.

5. Why had John's grandfather come to Kansas from Maine?
(a) To plant a church.
(b) To start a family in a new community.
(c) To help Free Soilers establish the right to vote.
(d) To fight the Confederates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John say "you never quite get used to"?

2. What does John have stored in boxes upstairs in his house?

3. What does John say has been one of the great irritations of his life?

4. How old was John when Lila first came to church?

5. Why does John's father say "I never did forgive myself" after the narrator's grandfather told him about shooting the Union soldier?

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