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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. When John met with the church trustees, what suggestions from him did they ignore?
(a) That the church purchase new hymnals.
(b) That repairs be made to the church building.
(c) That the church be sold to the Lutherans.
(d) That the church install stained glass windows.

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

3. How did John's first wife die?
(a) In childbirth.
(b) From tuberculosis.
(c) From a fall.
(d) From the measles.

4. Which of the Ten Commandments does John want his son to be particularly aware of?
(a) The fifth commandment.
(b) The seventh commandment.
(c) The tenth commandment.
(d) The first commandment.

5. John tells Jack that it is presumptuous to judge the authenticity of anyone's ______________________ .
(a) Soul.
(b) Beliefs.
(c) Family.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. When John was a boy, a farmer was murdered with what weapon?

2. What day does John consider his day of rest?

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

4. Why does Jack tell John that he (Jack) lies a lot?

5. What does John state happened the next day after he heard the story about the wounded Union soldier from his father?

(see the answer key)

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