2. What does John say was the most thrilling thing that ever happened in his life?
(a) When he preached his first sermon.
(b) When his wife said "You ought to marry me."
(c) When he baptized his infant daughter.
(d) When his son was born.

3. Why had John's grandfather come to Kansas from Maine?
(a) To help Free Soilers establish the right to vote.
(b) To fight the Confederates.
(c) To plant a church.
(d) To start a family in a new community.

4. What causes the death of many soldiers and others all across the country at the end of WWI?
(a) The Swine flu.
(b) The bird flu.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) The Spanish flu.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John and his father trade with the widow for her two boiled eggs and two boiled potatoes?

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

3. What is Tobias's father's name?

4. How did John lose his Greek Testament?

5. When John met with the church trustees, what suggestions from him did they ignore?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does John describe being "imperishable"?

2. Briefly recount the story John's grandfather and his friends used to tell about the citizens of a little abolitionist town.

3. How does John explain death to people who ask what it is like?

4. What is the significance behind the story of the farmer who was murdered with a bowie knife, and what does that have to do with John's grandfather?

5. Describe how John learned scripture.

6. What is the story John's father tells him about John Brown's mule?

7. Describe John's brother, Edward.

8. According to John, what are some of the strangest things about being in the ministry?

9. What three things does seeing Jack playing catch with John's son remind him of?

10. Describe the preaching John's grandfather did after coming back from the war, and how it affected his listeners.

(see the answer keys)

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