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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Lila respond when he asks her how he could repay her for tending to his garden?
(a) "You should help me understand the Bible."
(b) "You should teach me everything you know."
(c) "You ought to marry me."
(d) "You should take me to dinner."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What did John discover about Lila when she spoke of him "more kindly than I deserve"?
(a) That she was making preparations for when he was dead.
(b) That she was glad that they were married.
(c) That she was worried about his health.
(d) That she had found the settled life she always wanted.

11. John states he is preaching from Genesis 12:14 - 21, concerning what two biblical characters?
(a) Abraham and Issac.
(b) Cain and Abel.
(c) Adam and Eve.
(d) Hagar and Ishmael.

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

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

14. What does Jack say the chief thing his wife's father has against him?
(a) That he is an adulterer.
(b) That he will break her heart.
(c) That he cannot look after his family.
(d) That he is an atheist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack call John's son?

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

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

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

5. Which character said, "Maybe some people aren't so comfortable with themselves"?

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