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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. In later years, Freddy would come to like characters _____ of his childhood favorite.
(a) Reminiscent.
(b) In lieu.
(c) Opposite.
(d) Complementary.

2. What was Freddy's favorite place to visit as a child?
(a) Land of Oz.
(b) Tarzan's jungle.
(c) Gilligan's Island.
(d) Lilliput.

3. What was the name of Grandmother's father?
(a) Klaus.
(b) Liam.
(c) Hermann.
(d) Wilfred.

4. Mr. Buechner left which of the following in a book?
(a) Bookmark.
(b) Note.
(c) Phone number.
(d) Money.

5. Buechner recalls the lectures that had taken place ____ years earlier.
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author believes that a person's _____ will always change.

2. Oftentimes one will find _____ where it is least expected.

3. Buechner talks about the presence of two men in the house. What were the men doing that made noise?

4. Buechner feels which emotion regarding his grandmother's future?

5. A person's interaction with another leaves a long lasting mark on one's _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Freddy's stay in Bermuda. Why did the family have to leave?

2. How is the death of Freddy's father foreshadowed? How is it related to the rest of the author's life?

3. How does the lack of a permanent home affect the author?

4. Discuss the presence of Grandma Buechner. How close is the family to the grandmother?

5. Discuss the duplicity of Freddy's father and how it affects the child.

6. What is Freddy's opinion regarding the memories of the dead?

7. What situations have been faced by Grandma Buechner? What is the woman's personality?

8. Describe Buechner's experience during the morning when he was attempting to ignore the sound of the carpenters working in the house.

9. What is the first sign that the world is not always a safe place for little Freddy?

10. What came out of this experience regarding the noise in a person's every day life?

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