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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 does John tell his son he regrets?
(a) That he lost his hearing.
(b) That he was away for long periods of time.
(c) The hard times his son and his mother must have gone through.
(d) That he is dying.

2. What song does John sing as he rocked his son?
(a) Go to Dark Gethsemane.
(b) Alas, and Did My Savior Bleed.
(c) Holy, Holy, Holy.
(d) At the Cross.

3. How old is Jack Boughton as John writes about him?
(a) 43.
(b) 51.
(c) 35.
(d) 40.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the shape of the weather vane on the steeple of John's church?

2. In John's house, which he has lived in since being a small boy, what is in the home that was the same from his childhood?

3. Which character said, "Maybe some people aren't so comfortable with themselves"?

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

5. How did John get a great reputation for wisdom?

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