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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 cannot look after his family.
(d) That he is an atheist.

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

3. What one word does John choose to describe Jack "as he his now"?
(a) Lonely.
(b) Sinister.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Sneaky.

4. Jack Boughton tells John during their meeting in the church, "I wish I could have been like ___________________ ."
(a) My mother.
(b) You.
(c) Your father.
(d) My father.

5. 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.

6. Where was Jack's wife's father's church located?
(a) Knoxville.
(b) Nashville.
(c) Murfreesboro.
(d) Memphis.

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

8. What is the name of the woman who shared Jack's wife's rooms with her?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Lizabeth.
(c) Lorraine.
(d) Linda.

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

10. What did John blame for confusion where doctrine is concerned?
(a) Books by sham preachers.
(b) False teachings found in gospel tracts.
(c) Unconfessed sin in individuals.
(d) The radio and television.

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

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

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

14. What holiday does John say his grandfather was asked to say a few words during?
(a) Memorial Day.
(b) Christmas.
(c) New Year's Day.
(d) The Fourth of July.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John say was "the last impression I want to have of this world"?

2. What did Jack steal from John that made him "as angry as I have been in my life"?

3. John states that a famous theologian said, "Each of us is an actor on stage and God is the audience." Who was the theologian?

4. How did Lila respond when he asks her how he could repay her for tending to his garden?

5. What confession does John make about Jack as part of a burden of guilt he feels?

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