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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to John, visions sometimes only come under what circumstances?
2. What is John's son's friend's name?
3. What are John's feelings about the two young men who worked at the garage as he passed them on the street?
4. What is Theodore Dwight Weld Boughton's job?
5. What does Edward quote as they play catch?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe how John learned scripture.
2. 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?
3. What are some of John's comments on water?
4. Describe some of the events John and his father faced in their journey to Kansas.
5. How does John describe being in the world at night?
6. What is the story John's father tells him about John Brown's mule?
7. How does John describe being "imperishable"?
8. Briefly recount the story John's grandfather and his friends used to tell about the citizens of a little abolitionist town.
9. How does John explain death to people who ask what it is like?
10. What are John's feelings about baseball, and what incidents contributed to those feelings?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
It is suggested that Jack Boughton might be a descendant of John's grandfather Ames. Identify and discuss any evidences that would support this hypothesis, keeping in mind any traits these two might share and how they are manifested in their two lives.
Essay Topic 2
In the section encompassing pages 86 - 104, an image of communion is presented, as it is throughout the novel. Consider the significance of this ritual outside the walls of a church. Discuss what the implication of this event is, especially in light of the theme of the relationship between fathers and sons outside the realm of religion. Factor in, too, the relationship between John and Jack.
Essay Topic 3
John's grandfather's personal belongings - specifically, the gun and the two shirts - can be considered potent symbols. Discuss what these items might be symbolic of, how other family members respond to them. Consider especially John's mother and father's response.
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