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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 uneducated.
(c) The fact that Lila has been married before.
(d) The fact that Lila is Native American.

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

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

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

6. What theologian does John recommend to Jack to help him with the doctrinal question he raises?
(a) Martin Luther.
(b) Augustine.
(c) Karl Barth.
(d) John Calvin.

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

8. What did Jack steal from John that made him "as angry as I have been in my life"?
(a) His Greek New Testament.
(b) A photograph of Louisa.
(c) His reading glasses.
(d) A pocketknife.

9. What were Jack Boughton's first words to John after he met him in church the first time?
(a) "How 'bout them Yankees?"
(b) "How is my father really doing?"
(c) "I don't want to bother you."
(d) "I'm very sorry."

10. John tells Jack that it is presumptuous to judge the authenticity of anyone's ______________________ .
(a) Soul.
(b) Religion.
(c) Beliefs.
(d) Family.

11. What is the revelation about Jack's wife after it is discovered that he has a wife and child?
(a) She is colored.
(b) She is a native American.
(c) She is dying of tuberculosis.
(d) She is moving in with the Boughtons.

12. In John's grandfather's holiday sermon, what does he say the Lord came to him and did?
(a) Put his hand on his right shoulder.
(b) Gave him the ability to see the future.
(c) Caused him to faint.
(d) Gave him a glimpse of heaven.

13. 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) Luther.
(b) Augustine.
(c) Locke.
(d) Calvin.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John blame for confusion where doctrine is concerned?

2. What does Jack call John's wife?

3. What hymn writer wrote "Grant me on earth what seems Thee best, Till death and Heav'n reveal the rest"?

4. What kind of "little experiment" did John conduct to impress Lila at church?

5. What city does Lila say she was unable to find work in?

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