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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Boughton watching his children, Jack and Glory, do?
(a) Argue.
(b) Clean out closets in the house.
(c) Clear out the iris beds.
(d) Play catch.

2. How old is Jack Boughton as John writes about him?
(a) 43.
(b) 40.
(c) 35.
(d) 51.

3. What is the name of the article John reads in the Ladies' Home Journal?
(a) God and the American People.
(b) Fear and the American People.
(c) Loss of the American People.
(d) War and the American People.

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

5. What does Jack call John's wife?
(a) Lila.
(b) Mrs. Ames.
(c) Madam.
(d) Honey.

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

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

8. What did John say was "the last impression I want to have of this world"?
(a) War.
(b) Senility.
(c) Blindness.
(d) Television.

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

10. What kind of "little experiment" did John conduct to impress Lila at church?
(a) He tried some hair tonic.
(b) He bought a new suit.
(c) He wrote out what he would say if he ever had a conversation with her.
(d) He used more Greek and Hebrew in his preaching.

11. Why does John feel that it is appropriate for his son to read about Jack Boughton, in spite of the fact that it might be betraying pastoral discretion?
(a) He wants his son to see the beauty in Jack.
(b) He wants to expose Jack for what he was.
(c) He wants to express to his son how sorry he was for Jack.
(d) He wants his son to avoid the same mistakes Jack had made.

12. How does John describe Boughton's parents?
(a) A lively pair.
(b) A somber pair.
(c) A joyous pair.
(d) An angry pair.

13. Who is it hard for to see good faith in another character, which John states is a "terrible problem"?
(a) The Methodist minister.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His father.
(d) Jack Boughton.

14. When Jack states that John is in an unconventional marriage himself, what is he referring to?
(a) The fact that Lila is so young.
(b) The fact that Lila is Native American.
(c) The fact that Lila is uneducated.
(d) The fact that Lila has been married before.

15. What does John encourage his son to do when he is an old man himself?
(a) See more of the world.
(b) Write some sort of account of himself.
(c) Read some of his books.
(d) All of the above.

Short Answer Questions

1. What doctrinal concept does Jack Boughton ask John his views on?

2. As a boy, what did Jack do to the John's mailbox?

3. What is the name of Jack's wife?

4. What one word does John choose to describe Jack "as he his now"?

5. Why does Jack tell John that he (Jack) lies a lot?

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