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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does John's father say "I never did forgive myself" after the narrator's grandfather told him about shooting the Union soldier?
(a) Not going to look for the soldier.
(b) Agreeing with his father that what he had done was proper.
(c) Not turning his father in.
(d) Lying about the soldier's whereabouts to the authorities.

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

3. Why did John feel that he would be a minister?
(a) He knew he would fail at anything else.
(b) His mother forced him into the ministry.
(c) It was the only life he knew.
(d) He was compelled by what he had learned through reading the bible.

4. What kind of flowers does John's son and wife bring him?
(a) Snapdragons.
(b) Honeysuckles.
(c) Roses.
(d) Violets.

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

6. In John's house, which he has lived in since being a small boy, what is in the home that was the same from his childhood?
(a) A pie safe.
(b) An old table and a pantry.
(c) A woodstove.
(d) A rocking chair.

7. Why did John's grandfather take him to Des Moines?
(a) To see Bud Fowler play.
(b) To see Ty Cobb play.
(c) To see Babe Ruth play.
(d) To see Shoeless Joe Jackson play.

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

9. What does John find Jack Boughton and his son doing when he comes home for lunch?
(a) Playing catch.
(b) Playing dominos.
(c) Reading the newspaper together.
(d) Eating a piece of cake.

10. What popular book does Lila "melt into"?
(a) Dust Be My Destiny.
(b) The Trail of the Lonesome Pine.
(c) Anne of Green Gables.
(d) Pride and Prejudice.

11. When John was a child, what did he think the purpose of steeples were?
(a) To point others to God.
(b) To attract lightning.
(c) To honor ancient church architecture.
(d) To assure that the church was the tallest structure in town.

12. How did John lose his Greek Testament?
(a) It was stolen by a Confederate officer.
(b) In a retreat across a river.
(c) It was inadvertantly left behind at a camp.
(d) In a fire.

13. How did John's first wife die?
(a) In childbirth.
(b) From the measles.
(c) From tuberculosis.
(d) From a fall.

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

15. John's grandfather walked out of his father's church during a sermon. Where did the grandfather go?
(a) To the Negro church.
(b) The Presbyterian church.
(c) Downtown to walk the streets.
(d) To his home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are John's feelings about the two young men who worked at the garage as he passed them on the street?

2. What is the name of the Ames family cat?

3. What did John's father give him every time he learned five scripture verses and could repeat them without a mistake?

4. Who was John's first wife?

5. How many children does Boughton have?

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