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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 job did Owen believe was passed on to him from a higher being?
(a) The job to end Tabitha's life.
(b) The job to become an Episcopal preacher.
(c) The job to befriend Johnny.
(d) The job to become a professional baseball player.

2. Who is the congregational pastor?
(a) Rev. Lewis Merrill.
(b) There is no congregational pastor.
(c) Dan Needham.
(d) Rev. Dudley Wiggins.

3. In which country does Johnny live as an adult?
(a) France.
(b) Mexico.
(c) England.
(d) Canada.

4. What does Owen leave on Johnny's porch in an attempt at an apology?
(a) A tin of homemade fudge.
(b) A bouquet of flowers.
(c) A drawing of the two boys together.
(d) His baseball cards.

5. Who takes the dressmaking dummy from Tabitha's bedroom?
(a) Dan Needham.
(b) Owen.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Aunt Martha.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Dan Needham described?

2. What is Owen's defining physical characteristic?

3. What does Rev. Merrill say is the essence of true faith?

4. What is heard in the background of Ms. Wheelwright's funeral?

5. Johnny's mother encourages Owen to switch what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the other Sunday school students treat Owen?

2. Who are the Brinker-Smiths?

3. Why does Owen react so strongly to Johnny's opinion of his mother's death?

4. What changes does Owen make to the Christmas pageant once he becomes the director?

5. What happens to Harry Hoyt's mother?

6. What happens when Owen meets Johnny's cousins?

7. What does Owen gift to Tabitha and Dan as a wedding gift?

8. Briefly explain this quote: "God has taken your mother. My hands were the instrument. God has taken my hands. I am God's instrument."

9. Describe Johnny's cousins.

10. What does Owen predict when he and Johnny are down by the Squamscott River?

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