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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Tobias's father's name?
(a) Mr. Smith
(b) Mr. Sawyer.
(c) Mr. Schmidt.
(d) Mr. Shoemaker.

2. What two biblical characters does John's father compare the two of them to on their journey to Kansas?
(a) Adam and Eve.
(b) Abraham and Isaac.
(c) Cain and Abel.
(d) Jacob and Esau.

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

4. While wandering in Kansas, what does John's father tell him that he saw coming through the doors of his father's church?
(a) Union soldiers.
(b) John Brown.
(c) John Brown's mule.
(d) John Brown's horse.

5. What is the name of the Ames family cat?
(a) Mister.
(b) Kitty.
(c) Soapy.
(d) Bubbles.

6. Why does John's father say "I never did forgive myself" after the narrator's grandfather told him about shooting the Union soldier?
(a) Not going to look for the soldier.
(b) Lying about the soldier's whereabouts to the authorities.
(c) Not turning his father in.
(d) Agreeing with his father that what he had done was proper.

7. John's grandfather walked out of his father's church during a sermon. Where did the grandfather go?
(a) The Presbyterian church.
(b) To his home.
(c) Downtown to walk the streets.
(d) To the Negro church.

8. Who is John's older brother?
(a) Boughton.
(b) Edward.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Henry.

9. What ailment does John have, according to his doctor?
(a) Pancreatic cancer.
(b) Gastro-intestinal reflux disease.
(c) Angina pectoris.
(d) Congestive heart failure.

10. What was John's father's name?
(a) Jonas Ames.
(b) Joshua Ames.
(c) John Ames.
(d) Jack Ames.

11. What did John's father give him every time he learned five scripture verses and could repeat them without a mistake?
(a) A nickel.
(b) A penny.
(c) A dime.
(d) A quarter.

12. What does John find Jack Boughton and his son doing when he comes home for lunch?
(a) Playing catch.
(b) Playing dominos.
(c) Eating a piece of cake.
(d) Reading the newspaper together.

13. What did John say he dreamed about after his visit to the graveyard?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Being lost.
(c) Grasshoppers.
(d) Stepping on graves.

14. How did John lose his Greek Testament?
(a) In a retreat across a river.
(b) It was inadvertantly left behind at a camp.
(c) In a fire.
(d) It was stolen by a Confederate officer.

15. Who put up the swing for John's son?
(a) The deacons of the church.
(b) Dan Boughton.
(c) The narrator himself.
(d) Jack Boughton.

Short Answer Questions

1. If John lives, who does he say he will vote for?

2. When John and his father visited the graveyard, his father said, "I would never have thought this place could be ..."

3. What letter does Boughton think should be excluded from the alphabet?

4. What does John say was the most thrilling thing that ever happened in his life?

5. What vision did John's grandfather have?

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