View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does John spend the whole night after overhearing the conversation between Lila and Jack?
(a) Writing down the conversation.
(b) Fighting back anger toward Jack.
(c) Praying for his wife.
(d) Praying for Jack.

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

7. What was the expectation placed on John and Louisa from childhood?
(a) That they would have several children.
(b) That they were to be married.
(c) That they would move to St. Louis together.
(d) That they would never marry.

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

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

10. 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.

11. What is the name of Jack's wife?
(a) Doreen.
(b) Delisa.
(c) Donna.
(d) Della.

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

13. How old is John in 1947?
(a) Almost sixty.
(b) Almost eighty.
(c) Almost seventy.
(d) Fifty-five.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did John's son recite to him twice on John's birthday?

3. What is the topic of the sermon Lila puts by John's bed that was dated June, 1947?

4. What incident in Jack Boughton's life does John recount that happened while Jack was still in college?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 559 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample