1 What year was the novel written? 2004 2005 2000 2010 2 What nationality is Robinson? American British Irish French 3 Where is the novel set? Wisconsin Illinois Ohio Iowa 4 What religion is dealt with? Judaism Christianity Buddhism Islam 5 What is Gilead? A town A poem A person An idea 6 Who is narrating the novel? Ames's son Ames Third-person Jack Boughton 7 The novel is in the form of a diary a book a poem a letter 8 What is Ames's profession? Artist Lawyer Doctor Preacher 9 What is Soapy? A cat A cow A dog A horse 10 Ames is in his fifties sixties eighties seventies 11 Where did Ames and his father travel? To his grandfather's grave To the Capitol To a battlefield To a church 12 Who is Louisa? Ames's first wife Ames's daughter The girl Jack was involved with Boughton's daughter 13 What is in the boxes in the attic? Sermons Dried flowers Clothes Letters 14 What is the most conspicuous characteristic of Lila, Ames's wife? Intelligence Seriousness Levity Wit 15 What animal did Ames baptize as a kid? Chick Puppy Kitten Piglet 16 What philosopher does Ames respect? Foucault Kierkegaard Feuerbach Nietzsche 17 Ames's brother Edward is all of the following except an atheist a preacher married to a German girl a scholar 18 Boughton is Ames's best friend a doctor young not very religious 19 Ames's grandfather is described as all of the following except angry generous forbidding lacking in eccentricity 20 There was a fire at the local dry goods store the diner the Negro church the cotton field 21 Who is the only person Ames said he would allow to comfort him? His congregation Boughton Jack Boughton His wife 22 Ames's infamous sermon that he never gave addressed Communism the Spanish flu the war the Depression 23 Ames's favorite sport is baseball football lacrosse badminton 24 What happens at the baseball game that Ames's grandfather takes him to? A thunderstorm A home run A conversion A fight 25 Which character says he has visions? Ames Ames's grandfather Ames's father Boughton
