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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. MacDonald says that of the Saved, what happens to them is best described as the opposite of what?
(a) A mirror.
(b) A journey.
(c) A mirage.
(d) Hell.

2. According to MacDonald where do literary ghosts go to visit?
(a) Museums.
(b) Libraries.
(c) Graves.
(d) Sanitariums.

3. What does the narrator walk toward when he leaves the river?
(a) A field.
(b) A forest.
(c) The bus.
(d) The mountain.

4. Who wrote, "Tis better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven?"
(a) Satan.
(b) Milton.
(c) C. S. Lewis.
(d) MacDonald.

5. What did the Female Ghost keep as a way to make her husband exercise?
(a) A horse.
(b) A guitar.
(c) A great Dane.
(d) A bicycle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "Can't you understand anything? Do you really suppose I'm going out there among all those people, like this?"

2. Which ghost does the narrator encounter in the small clearing in Chapter 8?

3. Why does MacDonald explain that Sarah couldn't go to Hell?

4. What does the Solid Man say that Pam is only using as a means to get to her son?

5. How much was the Female Ghost's husband "pottering along" on when she met him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Pam neglect her husband and daughter in her life?

2. Why is the Well-Dressed Ghost fearful of going into the mountains with the Bright People?

3. What does the Tragedian do that makes the dwarf get smaller? What does Sarah say about this?

4. What does the Female Ghost tell the Bright Woman were her husband's faults?

5. What is MacDonald's reply when the narrator asks him if all he has seen is false?

6. Who does MacDonald say is the only Bright Person who can get into Hell? Why?

7. What happens when the ghost with the lizard allows the Bright Person to kill the lizard?

8. How does MacDonald explain the size of Hell to the narrator?

9. Why does the Female Ghost change her mind about seeing Robert?

10. What does the Female Ghost say about the flowers she put on Robert's desk?

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