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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12 (pages 185-201).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city does Lila say she was unable to find work in?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Davenport.
(c) Des Moines.
(d) Chicago.

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

3. What does Jack call John's wife?
(a) Lila.
(b) Madam.
(c) Mrs. Ames.
(d) Honey.

4. While wandering in Kansas, what does John's father tell him that he saw coming through the doors of his father's church?
(a) Union soldiers.
(b) John Brown's horse.
(c) John Brown's mule.
(d) John Brown.

5. Why does John's father say "I never did forgive myself" after the narrator's grandfather told him about shooting the Union soldier?
(a) Agreeing with his father that what he had done was proper.
(b) Lying about the soldier's whereabouts to the authorities.
(c) Not going to look for the soldier.
(d) Not turning his father in.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does John Ames tell his son that he might be gone sometime?

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

3. John states he is preaching from Genesis 12:14 - 21, concerning what two biblical characters?

4. When John met with the church trustees, what suggestions from him did they ignore?

5. What do John and Boughton see from the porch after spending an evening going over their texts?

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