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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When John met with the church trustees, what suggestions from him did they ignore?
(a) That the church install stained glass windows.
(b) That the church be sold to the Lutherans.
(c) That the church purchase new hymnals.
(d) That repairs be made to the church building.

2. Who is John's older brother?
(a) Henry.
(b) Boughton.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Edward.

3. What was John's mother's name?
(a) Maggie Trudy Ames.
(b) Martha Tilson Ames.
(c) Margaret Todd Ames.
(d) Mary Todd Ames.

4. How did John get a great reputation for wisdom?
(a) By reading poetry.
(b) By ordering more books than he ever had time to read.
(c) From having years of seminary.
(d) By quoting scripture.

5. What causes the death of many soldiers and others all across the country at the end of WWI?
(a) The Spanish flu.
(b) The bird flu.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) The Swine flu.

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

7. Growing up, John was ____________________ than most of his childhood friends, saying the trait "ran in his family."
(a) Taller.
(b) Smarter.
(c) Faster.
(d) Shorter.

8. When John and his father visited the graveyard, his father said, "I would never have thought this place could be ..."
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Dark.
(c) Lonesome.
(d) Desolate.

9. What letter does Boughton think should be excluded from the alphabet?
(a) O.
(b) M.
(c) L.
(d) R.

10. What is the name of the Ames family cat?
(a) Kitty.
(b) Bubbles.
(c) Soapy.
(d) Mister.

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

12. How many children does Boughton have?
(a) Four.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

13. What two biblical characters does John's father compare the two of them to on their journey to Kansas?
(a) Jacob and Esau.
(b) Cain and Abel.
(c) Abraham and Isaac.
(d) Adam and Eve.

14. What does John do as he walks down the streets of his town at one or two a.m.?
(a) Pray for people in their homes.
(b) Feels sorry for himself.
(c) Recites poetry.
(d) Sings to himself.

15. What does the Union soldier indicate he knows to John's father?
(a) He knows John's grandfather has died.
(b) He knows about John's grandfather's involvement with John Brown.
(c) He knows John's grandfather is a deserter.
(d) He knows John's grandfather is a pacifist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was John's father's name?

2. What did Jack Boughton call John?

3. When John's father sees his grandfather after his encounter with the Union soldier, what is the grandfather carrying under his arm?

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

5. Why did Boughton name his son Jack after John?

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