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

2. What job was Jack holding when his wife became pregnant?
(a) He was waiting tables.
(b) He was selling shoes.
(c) He was selling men's clothes.
(d) He was teaching at a high school.

3. According to John, his son looks at Jack as though he were who?
(a) Babe Ruth.
(b) Charles Lindbergh.
(c) General Pershing.
(d) Eddie Rickenbacker.

4. What were Jack Boughton's first words to John after he met him in church the first time?
(a) "How 'bout them Yankees?"
(b) "I don't want to bother you."
(c) "I'm very sorry."
(d) "How is my father really doing?"

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was John when Lila first came to church?

2. As a boy, what did Jack do to the John's mailbox?

3. What is the revelation about Jack's wife after it is discovered that he has a wife and child?

4. What one word does John choose to describe Jack "as he his now"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does John recall about how his grandfather was invited to speak at a town picnic?

2. What is the content of the conversation that Jack and Lila have as John feigns being asleep?

3. How does John recall Boughton's parents?

4. John states that he doesn't forgive Jack, writing "I wouldn't know were to begin." What provokes this statement?

5. What are some of John's reflections about Jack as a youth?

6. How does John respond to Jack's question about his family moving to Gilead?

7. What moves John to tears during his conversation at the church with Jack?

8. What does John believe about the soul in Paradise?

9. How does John explain the futility of defending beliefs?

10. How does John recall Jack's baptism?

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