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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Jack drops by John's home one evening as he and his family are rocking on the porch. What does Lila bring them?
(a) Cool water.
(b) Hot cider.
(c) Hot tea.
(d) Lemonade.

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

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

5. How does John hope to die?
(a) With a quiet heart.
(b) In his sleep.
(c) With everyone in his life forgiven.
(d) With a smile on his lips.

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

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

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

9. What object do John's son and Tobias "chuck pebbles" at?
(a) An aluminum pie plate.
(b) Soapy.
(c) A tin can.
(d) A Dodgers cap.

10. According to John, how does Jack treat words?
(a) As a challenge.
(b) As weapons.
(c) As objects of scorn.
(d) As food for thought.

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

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

13. 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 Boughton wants Jack to never leave.
(d) That Boughon is as sharp as ever.

14. What did Jack do to the John's front steps?
(a) Painted them with pink paint.
(b) Painted molasses on them.
(c) Broke them.
(d) Set them on fire.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does John encourage his son to do when he is an old man himself?

4. What caused John and his father to be "not quite at ease" with each other for the first time in John's life?

5. What does John recall he and Boughton did as a prank while he was in seminary?

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