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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4 (pages 58-71).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John tells a story about a building project in a little abolitionist settlement. What was built?
(a) A dry goods store.
(b) A tunnel.
(c) A church.
(d) A jail.

2. What does John have stored in boxes upstairs in his house?
(a) Dishes.
(b) Letters to his first wife.
(c) Baseball cards.
(d) Sermons.

3. What is John's son's friend's name?
(a) Tobias.
(b) Timothy.
(c) Todd.
(d) Thomas.

4. Where did John's father take him when he was twelve?
(a) To Topeka.
(b) To the grave of his grandfather.
(c) To Des Moines.
(d) To the family's ancestral home in Maine.

5. What does John tell his son he regrets?
(a) That he lost his hearing.
(b) The hard times his son and his mother must have gone through.
(c) That he is dying.
(d) That he was away for long periods of time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Boughton's childhood name?

2. What kind of flowers does John's son and wife bring him?

3. Why does John Ames tell his son that he might be gone sometime?

4. What was John's mother's name?

5. What is the cause of John's "own dark time?"

(see the answer key)

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