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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 music is playing on the radio that causes John to want to dance?
(a) The foxtrot.
(b) The quickstep.
(c) A waltz.
(d) The Lindy Hop.

2. What is the color of John's son's favorite shirt?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

3. What confession does John make about Jack as part of a burden of guilt he feels?
(a) He has never been able to warm to him.
(b) He is resentful of him.
(c) He is jealous of him.
(d) He is afraid of him.

4. What is John's son's friend's name?
(a) Tobias.
(b) Timothy.
(c) Todd.
(d) Thomas.

5. What does the pathway in the abolitionist town become?
(a) A wagon trail.
(b) A small creek.
(c) A major highway.
(d) A dirt road.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two biblical characters does John's father compare the two of them to on their journey to Kansas?

2. What does John's father offer him in the ruins of the burned-down church?

3. What does John tell his son he regrets?

4. What was John's mother's name?

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

(see the answer key)

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