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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 Tobias's father's name?
(a) Mr. Schmidt.
(b) Mr. Shoemaker.
(c) Mr. Sawyer.
(d) Mr. Smith

2. What job did John help the widow with, who had just moved from her farm to a cottage in town?
(a) Plumbing.
(b) Electrical work.
(c) Yard work.
(d) Roofing.

3. Why does John Ames tell his son that he might be gone sometime?
(a) Because he needs to make a trip.
(b) Because he's tired of living in their home.
(c) Because he has to go out of town on business.
(d) Because he is old.

4. What does John tell his son he regrets?
(a) That he was away for long periods of time.
(b) That he is dying.
(c) That he lost his hearing.
(d) The hard times his son and his mother must have gone through.

5. What are the fears that John has about Jack Boughton?
(a) That he will hurt his father, Boughton.
(b) That he will do harm to his son and wife.
(c) That he will cause his father's early death.
(d) That he has desires for Lila.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did John discover about Lila when she spoke of him "more kindly than I deserve"?

3. Who is John's older brother?

4. Where did John's brother Edward buy a piece of land?

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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