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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Jack Boughton's original name to have been?
(a) Isaiah Jacob.
(b) Theodore Dwight Weld.
(c) John Brown.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

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

3. What caused John and his father to be "not quite at ease" with each other for the first time in John's life?
(a) Questions John raised.
(b) John's desire to leave home.
(c) Letters from Germany.
(d) Books by skeptics John read.

4. What is the topic of the sermon Lila puts by John's bed that was dated June, 1947?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) The wrath of God.
(c) The majesty of God.
(d) Grace.

5. When Boughton visits John while Glory and Lila and their son go to the movies, what does Boughton say about Jack?
(a) That Jack has evil intentions toward Lila.
(b) That he thinks Jack is in trouble with the law.
(c) That Jack is a recent widower.
(d) That he's not right with himself yet.

6. According to John, what does light seem to be a metaphor for?
(a) Creation.
(b) The human soul.
(c) The end of evil.
(d) The resurrection.

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

8. What did Boughton tell John about the trumpet vines covering his house?
(a) They attracted hummingbirds.
(b) They attracted butterflies.
(c) They were too much trouble to cut down.
(d) They kept the porch cool.

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

10. In his sermon, what does the grandfather say is left in Gilead?
(a) Glory.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Dust.
(d) Hope.

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

12. When John first meets Lila in church, what did he rebuke himself for not doing?
(a) Getting her telephone number.
(b) Finding out where she lived.
(c) Paying more attention to his sermon.
(d) Asking her name.

13. What confession does John make about Jack as part of a burden of guilt he feels?
(a) He has never been able to warm to him.
(b) He is resentful of him.
(c) He is afraid of him.
(d) He is jealous of him.

14. What job was Jack holding when his wife became pregnant?
(a) He was waiting tables.
(b) He was teaching at a high school.
(c) He was selling shoes.
(d) He was selling men's clothes.

15. What holiday does John say his grandfather was asked to say a few words during?
(a) New Year's Day.
(b) The Fourth of July.
(c) Memorial Day.
(d) Christmas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jack's wife's father believe Jack is descended from?

2. John states that a famous theologian said, "Each of us is an actor on stage and God is the audience." Who was the theologian?

3. In John's grandfather's holiday sermon, what does he say the Lord came to him and did?

4. What day does John consider his day of rest?

5. John writes, "I don't want to be old. And I certainly don't want to be _____________ ."

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