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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 15 (pages 233-247).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Jack Boughton as John writes about him?
(a) 35.
(b) 43.
(c) 40.
(d) 51.

2. When does John want the son to read his journals?
(a) When the narrator has moved away.
(b) When the narrator is dead.
(c) When the son has a son of his own.
(d) When the son gets married.

3. Growing up, John was ____________________ than most of his childhood friends, saying the trait "ran in his family."
(a) Taller.
(b) Faster.
(c) Shorter.
(d) Smarter.

4. What does the pathway in the abolitionist town become?
(a) A small creek.
(b) A dirt road.
(c) A major highway.
(d) A wagon trail.

5. What does John encourage his son to do when he is an old man himself?
(a) Write some sort of account of himself.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Read some of his books.
(d) See more of the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job was Jack holding when his wife became pregnant?

2. What does Edward quote as they play catch?

3. What is Theodore Dwight Weld Boughton's job?

4. What was Jack Boughton's original name to have been?

5. Where did John's brother Edward buy a piece of land?

(see the answer key)

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