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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 causes the death of many soldiers and others all across the country at the end of WWI?
(a) The bird flu.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) The Swine flu.
(d) The Spanish flu.

2. What was Boughton's childhood name?
(a) Benny.
(b) Bobby.
(c) Buster.
(d) Brewster.

3. What does the Union soldier indicate he knows to John's father?
(a) He knows about John's grandfather's involvement with John Brown.
(b) He knows John's grandfather is a deserter.
(c) He knows John's grandfather has died.
(d) He knows John's grandfather is a pacifist.

4. Who was John's first wife?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Linda.
(c) Laura.
(d) Louisa.

5. When was John born?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1880.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Boughton name his son Jack after John?

2. What does John's father bury and tell him not to dig up?

3. What does John's father offer him in the ruins of the burned-down church?

4. What letter does Boughton think should be excluded from the alphabet?

5. Why did John's grandfather take him to Des Moines?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are John's thoughts upon hearing a waltz on the radio?

2. What was Jack Boughton's first meeting with Lila like?

3. What are the basic facts about John's first marriage?

4. What are some of the key aspects of John's life that he recounts to his son?

5. What is the story John's father tells him about John Brown's mule?

6. How does John describe being "imperishable"?

7. What are John's thoughts on the Lord's Supper? How does his son figure into this account?

8. Briefly recount the story John's grandfather and his friends used to tell about the citizens of a little abolitionist town.

9. What are John's feelings about baseball, and what incidents contributed to those feelings?

10. What is the contrast between John's father and his grandfather's views on war?

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