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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was John's first wife?
(a) Laura.
(b) Louisa.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Linda.

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

3. What are John's feelings about the two young men who worked at the garage as he passed them on the street?
(a) That the two were being disrespectful.
(b) That the way they laughed seemed beautiful to him.
(c) That the two should be in jail.
(d) That the two should be coming to church.

4. What song does John sing as he rocked his son?
(a) Holy, Holy, Holy.
(b) Alas, and Did My Savior Bleed.
(c) At the Cross.
(d) Go to Dark Gethsemane.

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

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

7. What is the color of John's son's favorite shirt?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

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

9. How did John break his finger when he was 22?
(a) Slamming a garden gate on it.
(b) Having a horse step on it.
(c) Sliding into second base.
(d) Catching a fastball.

10. John states that "there were barrels on the street corners" so that contributions could be made to the war effort. What is placed in these barrels?
(a) Tin foil.
(b) Peach pits.
(c) Grease.
(d) Nylon stockings.

11. What is John's son's friend's name?
(a) Tobias.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Todd.
(d) Timothy.

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

13. What does the doctor tell John to take a shot of every day?
(a) Brandy.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Red wine.
(d) Vodka.

14. When was John born?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1880.
(d) 1885.

15. When John was a boy, a farmer was murdered with what weapon?
(a) A Confederate pistol.
(b) A lead pipe.
(c) A bowie knife.
(d) A shotgun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of flowers does John's son and wife bring him?

2. What was Boughton's childhood name?

3. Why does John Ames tell his son that he might be gone sometime?

4. What did the tapestry in John's grandfather's church have written on it?

5. When John met with the church trustees, what suggestions from him did they ignore?

(see the answer keys)

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