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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. How did John's father die?
(a) Of pneumonia.
(b) Of the mumps.
(c) Of tuberculosis.
(d) Of the Spanish flu.

2. What does John find Jack Boughton and his son doing when he comes home for lunch?
(a) Eating a piece of cake.
(b) Playing catch.
(c) Reading the newspaper together.
(d) Playing dominos.

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

4. What did John say he dreamed about after his visit to the graveyard?
(a) Being lost.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Stepping on graves.
(d) Grasshoppers.

5. Jack Boughton tells John during their meeting in the church, "I wish I could have been like ___________________ ."
(a) Your father.
(b) My mother.
(c) My father.
(d) You.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What object do John's son and Tobias "chuck pebbles" at?

3. What biblical character does John compare Jack to?

4. Why had John's grandfather come to Kansas from Maine?

5. What theologian does John recommend to Jack to help him with the doctrinal question he raises?

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