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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John recall he and Boughton did as a prank while he was in seminary?
(a) Putting a hay wagon on the roof of the courthouse.
(b) Putting hard-boiled eggs under a neighbor's setting hen.
(c) Turning all the pews in the Episcopal church upside down.
(d) Covering the neighbor's cat with whipped cream.

2. What does John's wife give him at breakfast on his birthday, wrapped in tissue paper?
(a) A new Bible.
(b) The Trail of the Lonesome Pine.
(c) New reading glasses.
(d) His Pentecost sermon.

3. What object do John's son and Tobias "chuck pebbles" at?
(a) A Dodgers cap.
(b) A tin can.
(c) An aluminum pie plate.
(d) Soapy.

4. Where was Jack's wife's father's church located?
(a) Knoxville.
(b) Murfreesboro.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Nashville.

5. What is the name of the article John reads in the Ladies' Home Journal?
(a) War and the American People.
(b) Loss of the American People.
(c) God and the American People.
(d) Fear and the American People.

6. What trait does Jack possess that John states is almost a curse to him?
(a) Jack's judgmental tendencies.
(b) Jack's ability to see through people.
(c) Jack's inability to tell the truth.
(d) Jack's attitude toward the rest of his family.

7. What did John blame for confusion where doctrine is concerned?
(a) False teachings found in gospel tracts.
(b) Unconfessed sin in individuals.
(c) The radio and television.
(d) Books by sham preachers.

8. What is Jack's son's name?
(a) Richard Boughton Maxwell.
(b) Ronald Baxter Mitchell.
(c) Robert Boughton Miles.
(d) Robert Benton Miller.

9. In John's grandfather's holiday sermon, what does he say the Lord came to him and did?
(a) Put his hand on his right shoulder.
(b) Gave him the ability to see the future.
(c) Caused him to faint.
(d) Gave him a glimpse of heaven.

10. What was Lila's response when he asked her if she had family in the area?
(a) She said she had no family at all.
(b) She said that she was estranged from her family.
(c) She said her family weren't churchgoing people.
(d) She said her family lived in another state.

11. After Jack brings John and his family a sack of gourds, what does Lila give Jack in return?
(a) Squash.
(b) A watermelon.
(c) Cucumbers.
(d) Green tomatoes.

12. What incident in Jack Boughton's life does John recount that happened while Jack was still in college?
(a) He stole money from a liquor store.
(b) He got a young girl pregnant.
(c) He failed and had to drop out of college.
(d) He was involved in a hit-and-run accident.

13. What does John state has been in Gilead, in addition to saints and martyrs?
(a) Angels.
(b) Losers.
(c) Lonely people.
(d) Heroes.

14. John states he is preaching from Genesis 12:14 - 21, concerning what two biblical characters?
(a) Hagar and Ishmael.
(b) Abraham and Issac.
(c) Cain and Abel.
(d) Adam and Eve.

15. Jack tells John that during the Civil War, Iowa had a specific kind of regiment. According to the Tennessean who spoke to Jack, what kind of regiment was it?
(a) A graybeard regiment.
(b) A colored regiment.
(c) A teenage regiment.
(d) A Methodist regiment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What holiday does John say his grandfather was asked to say a few words during?

2. According to John, his son looks at Jack as though he were who?

3. What did Jack do to the John's front steps?

4. What did Boughton tell John about the trumpet vines covering his house?

5. Which character said, "Maybe some people aren't so comfortable with themselves"?

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