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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 does John have stored in boxes upstairs in his house?
(a) Baseball cards.
(b) Letters to his first wife.
(c) Sermons.
(d) Dishes.

2. What is the cause of John's "own dark time?"
(a) Separation.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Family deaths.
(d) Illness.

3. What does the doctor tell John to take a shot of every day?
(a) Red wine.
(b) Brandy.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Whiskey.

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

5. John writes, "I don't want to be old. And I certainly don't want to be _____________ ."
(a) Weak.
(b) Confused.
(c) Dead.
(d) A burden.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does John hope to die?

3. When does John want the son to read his journals?

4. What did Jack steal from John that made him "as angry as I have been in my life"?

5. How does John spend the whole night after overhearing the conversation between Lila and Jack?

(see the answer key)

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