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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Edward quote as they play catch?
(a) Psalm 100.
(b) Psalm 23.
(c) Psalm 40.
(d) Psalm 133.
2. What was John's father's name?
(a) Joshua Ames.
(b) Jonas Ames.
(c) John Ames.
(d) Jack Ames.
3. What does the pathway in the abolitionist town become?
(a) A major highway.
(b) A wagon trail.
(c) A small creek.
(d) A dirt road.
4. What does John tell his son he regrets?
(a) That he was away for long periods of time.
(b) That he is dying.
(c) That he lost his hearing.
(d) The hard times his son and his mother must have gone through.
5. Where did John's father take him when he was twelve?
(a) To Des Moines.
(b) To Topeka.
(c) To the grave of his grandfather.
(d) To the family's ancestral home in Maine.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does John have stored in boxes upstairs in his house?
2. What did Jack Boughton call John?
3. How did John get a great reputation for wisdom?
4. When John met with the church trustees, what suggestions from him did they ignore?
5. What ailment does John have, according to his doctor?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance behind the story of the farmer who was murdered with a bowie knife, and what does that have to do with John's grandfather?
2. What are some of John's comments on water?
3. Describe the preaching John's grandfather did after coming back from the war, and how it affected his listeners.
4. What three things does seeing Jack playing catch with John's son remind him of?
5. Briefly recount the story John's grandfather and his friends used to tell about the citizens of a little abolitionist town.
6. How does John describe himself as a younger man?
7. What are John's feelings about baseball, and what incidents contributed to those feelings?
8. How does John explain death to people who ask what it is like?
9. What is the story John's father tells him about John Brown's mule?
10. How does John view Jack Boughton prior to his coming?
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