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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Lila respond when he asks her how he could repay her for tending to his garden?
(a) "You should teach me everything you know."
(b) "You ought to marry me."
(c) "You should help me understand the Bible."
(d) "You should take me to dinner."

2. How does John describe Boughton's parents?
(a) An angry pair.
(b) A somber pair.
(c) A joyous pair.
(d) A lively pair.

3. Why does Jack tell John that he (Jack) lies a lot?
(a) Because he doesn't want to hurt his family.
(b) Because people believe him when he does.
(c) Because it comes so easily.
(d) Because he is afraid of the truth.

4. According to John, how does Jack treat words?
(a) As a challenge.
(b) As weapons.
(c) As objects of scorn.
(d) As food for thought.

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

6. What were Jack Boughton's first words to John after he met him in church the first time?
(a) "I'm very sorry."
(b) "How is my father really doing?"
(c) "How 'bout them Yankees?"
(d) "I don't want to bother you."

7. When Jack states that John is in an unconventional marriage himself, what is he referring to?
(a) The fact that Lila has been married before.
(b) The fact that Lila is uneducated.
(c) The fact that Lila is so young.
(d) The fact that Lila is Native American.

8. What day does John consider his day of rest?
(a) Monday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Friday.

9. Jack drops by John's home one evening as he and his family are rocking on the porch. What does Lila bring them?
(a) Cool water.
(b) Hot tea.
(c) Hot cider.
(d) Lemonade.

10. What did Jack do to the John's front steps?
(a) Painted them with pink paint.
(b) Broke them.
(c) Set them on fire.
(d) Painted molasses on them.

11. What does Jack call John's son?
(a) Little John.
(b) Little brother.
(c) Little man.
(d) Little sport.

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

13. What is the revelation about Jack's wife after it is discovered that he has a wife and child?
(a) She is colored.
(b) She is moving in with the Boughtons.
(c) She is dying of tuberculosis.
(d) She is a native American.

14. Jack Boughton tells John during their meeting in the church, "I wish I could have been like ___________________ ."
(a) My father.
(b) Your father.
(c) My mother.
(d) You.

15. What was the expectation placed on John and Louisa from childhood?
(a) That they were to be married.
(b) That they would have several children.
(c) That they would move to St. Louis together.
(d) That they would never marry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack tell John he realized about Boughton after Jack has returned home for this period?

2. What does John recall he and Boughton did as a prank while he was in seminary?

3. Who is it hard for to see good faith in another character, which John states is a "terrible problem"?

4. As a boy, what did Jack do to the John's mailbox?

5. What did John discover about Lila when she spoke of him "more kindly than I deserve"?

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