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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 15 (pages 233-247).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Boughton tell John about the trumpet vines covering his house?
(a) They kept the porch cool.
(b) They attracted hummingbirds.
(c) They were too much trouble to cut down.
(d) They attracted butterflies.

3. When John first meets Lila in church, what did he rebuke himself for not doing?
(a) Finding out where she lived.
(b) Asking her name.
(c) Getting her telephone number.
(d) Paying more attention to his sermon.

4. Who is it hard for to see good faith in another character, which John states is a "terrible problem"?
(a) The Methodist minister.
(b) Jack Boughton.
(c) His father.
(d) His grandfather.

5. What is Theodore Dwight Weld Boughton's job?
(a) He teaches at a seminary.
(b) He runs a hospital for the destitute in Mississippi.
(c) He is a newspaper reporter.
(d) He is a sea captain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relieved Lila when she found out ________________ was not the same as work on Sundays?

2. What does John say was the most thrilling thing that ever happened in his life?

3. What music is playing on the radio that causes John to want to dance?

4. What does Jack tell John he realized about Boughton after Jack has returned home for this period?

5. What did John say he dreamed about after his visit to the graveyard?

(see the answer key)

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