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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where were the ashes of the author's father buried?
(a) Essex.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Union City.
(d) Hackensack.
2. The author likens his mother, in her later years, to a millionaire who what?
(a) Wants to help everyone.
(b) Has to get a job.
(c) Runs out of money.
(d) Hoardes money.
3. "For the last ____ years" of her life, the author's mother saw almost no one except immediate family.
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.
4. According to the author, what is the doorway to healing and forgiveness?
(a) Memory.
(b) Communciation.
(c) Love.
(d) Faith.
5. In Part One of the book, what was not a tradition in the Buechner family in relation to death?
(a) Ministers.
(b) Churches.
(c) Funerals.
(d) Last rites.
6. What was the make of the family car used for the 1936 suicide?
(a) Hudson.
(b) Chrysler.
(c) Ford.
(d) Chevrolet.
7. What was the title of the lost book the author's mother hunted for in her room?
(a) Les Malheurs de Sophie.
(b) The Last Battle.
(c) Now and Then.
(d) Ansel Gibbs.
8. Losing track of our "____," according to the author, means being impoverished humanly and spiritually.
(a) Memories.
(b) Faith.
(c) Stories.
(d) Feelings.
9. What renders distinctions between past, present and future meaningless, according to the author?
(a) Death.
(b) Memory.
(c) Love.
(d) Healing.
10. The author's mother lived to within how many days of her ninety-second birthday?
(a) 11.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 1.
11. In regards to beauty, the author's mother said you have a better chance of finding a lost cane again, than finding what?
(a) Blue eyes and golden hair.
(b) Wrinkle free and smooth skin.
(c) Kissable lips and golden hair.
(d) Clear eyes and blemish free skin.
12. On what street was the apartment in which the author's mother died?
(a) 69th.
(b) 79th.
(c) 82nd.
(d) 42nd.
13. Who wrote "The Last Battle?"
(a) Frederick Buechner.
(b) E.M. Forster.
(c) C.S. Lewis.
(d) Noel Coward.
14. In "Godric" what is the name of the father of the title character?
(a) Aedlward.
(b) Teddy.
(c) Aslan.
(d) Bean.
15. In what language is the dedication written in "Godric?"
(a) English.
(b) Italian.
(c) Latin.
(d) French.
Short Answer Questions
1. When the author's sick daughter had to be hospitalized, how many miles away was she?
2. The author's sick daughter was more afraid of what than death?
3. As the author's mother aged, she complained about her looks, saying her hair looked like what?
4. In what month during1936 did the author's father commit suicide?
5. Who made no new friends while living in New York for almost twenty years?
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