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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jack steal from John that made him "as angry as I have been in my life"?
(a) His Greek New Testament.
(b) A photograph of Louisa.
(c) A pocketknife.
(d) His reading glasses.

2. What caused John and his father to be "not quite at ease" with each other for the first time in John's life?
(a) Letters from Germany.
(b) Books by skeptics John read.
(c) John's desire to leave home.
(d) Questions John raised.

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

4. 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.

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

6. What does Jack say he turns to for solace?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Other women.
(d) Liquor.

7. Who is it hard for to see good faith in another character, which John states is a "terrible problem"?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) Jack Boughton.
(c) His father.
(d) The Methodist minister.

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

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

10. What doctrinal concept does Jack Boughton ask John his views on?
(a) Creation.
(b) The resurrection.
(c) Predestination.
(d) The Second Coming.

11. What is Tobias not allowed to do?
(a) Stay out past 9 p.m.
(b) Watch movies or television.
(c) Go to the Ames house anymore.
(d) Play marbles.

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

13. What one word does John choose to describe Jack "as he his now"?
(a) Lazy.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Sinister.
(d) Sneaky.

14. John writes, "I don't want to be old. And I certainly don't want to be _____________ ."
(a) Dead.
(b) A burden.
(c) Weak.
(d) Confused.

15. What did Boughton tell John about the trumpet vines covering his house?
(a) They were too much trouble to cut down.
(b) They kept the porch cool.
(c) They attracted butterflies.
(d) They attracted hummingbirds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does John feel that it is appropriate for his son to read about Jack Boughton, in spite of the fact that it might be betraying pastoral discretion?

2. What did John say was "the last impression I want to have of this world"?

3. Where was Jack's wife's father's church located?

4. What does John state that the attempt to defend belief can do?

5. Which of the Ten Commandments does John want his son to be particularly aware of?

(see the answer keys)

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