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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 baseball team does Jack Boughton favor?
(a) The Cardinals.
(b) The Dodgers.
(c) The White Sox.
(d) The Yankees.

2. What relieved Lila when she found out ________________ was not the same as work on Sundays?
(a) Taking long walks.
(b) Preparing meals.
(c) Studying.
(d) Ironing.

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

4. What doctrinal concept does Jack Boughton ask John his views on?
(a) The resurrection.
(b) Creation.
(c) Predestination.
(d) The Second Coming.

5. What did John say was "the last impression I want to have of this world"?
(a) Senility.
(b) Television.
(c) Blindness.
(d) War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What incident in Jack Boughton's life does John recount that happened while Jack was still in college?

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

3. What popular book does Lila "melt into"?

4. Where did John's father take him when he was twelve?

5. What did Boughton tell John about the trumpet vines covering his house?

(see the answer key)

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