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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John state that the attempt to defend belief can do?
(a) It can cause arguments.
(b) It can make the defender stronger.
(c) It can unsettle belief.
(d) It angers God.

2. What trait does Jack possess that John states is almost a curse to him?
(a) Jack's judgmental tendencies.
(b) Jack's attitude toward the rest of his family.
(c) Jack's ability to see through people.
(d) Jack's inability to tell the truth.

3. What river did John and Glory see Jack's daughter playing in?
(a) The West Nishnabotna.
(b) The Satartia.
(c) The East Okichobee.
(d) The Yalobusha.

4. What does Jack tell John he realized about Boughton after Jack has returned home for this period?
(a) That Boughton wants Jack to never leave.
(b) That Boughton doesn't love him anymore.
(c) That Boughon is as sharp as ever.
(d) That Boughton is old.

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

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

7. Who does Jack's wife's father believe Jack is descended from?
(a) John Brown.
(b) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(c) John Ames.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

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

9. What does Jack call John's son?
(a) Little man.
(b) Little sport.
(c) Little John.
(d) Little brother.

10. What does Jack say he turns to for solace?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Other women.
(d) Liquor.

11. What does John say has been one of the great irritations of his life?
(a) Growing old and infirm.
(b) Jack spending time with his son.
(c) Seeing Boughton and his son Jack together.
(d) Being so much older than his wife.

12. What was Lila's response when he asked her if she had family in the area?
(a) She said she had no family at all.
(b) She said her family lived in another state.
(c) She said her family weren't churchgoing people.
(d) She said that she was estranged from her family.

13. What is the name of the woman who shared Jack's wife's rooms with her?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Lorraine.
(c) Linda.
(d) Lizabeth.

14. John states that a famous theologian said, "Each of us is an actor on stage and God is the audience." Who was the theologian?
(a) Locke.
(b) Augustine.
(c) Calvin.
(d) Luther.

15. What does John recall he and Boughton did as a prank while he was in seminary?
(a) Covering the neighbor's cat with whipped cream.
(b) Putting hard-boiled eggs under a neighbor's setting hen.
(c) Putting a hay wagon on the roof of the courthouse.
(d) Turning all the pews in the Episcopal church upside down.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tobias not allowed to do?

2. What caused John and his father to be "not quite at ease" with each other for the first time in John's life?

3. What did Jack steal from John that made him "as angry as I have been in my life"?

4. What church holiday does Lila first come to church on?

5. After Jack brings John and his family a sack of gourds, what does Lila give Jack in return?

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