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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the main character in the book?
(a) God.
(b) H.
(c) The two sons.
(d) C. S. Lewis.

2. Who reacts in shame when the author talks about his wife?
(a) The author's colleagues.
(b) The author's brother.
(c) The author's minister.
(d) Their sons.

3. Who causes the author the most confusion?
(a) God.
(b) His sons.
(c) His friends.
(d) Himself.

4. Who is H.?
(a) The author's brother.
(b) The author's wife.
(c) A friend from the author's past.
(d) A faculty member.

5. In what sense does the author feel isolated from his wife?
(a) She cannot come home from the hospital.
(b) He thinks she will not miss him.
(c) He cannot express his fears to her.
(d) He cannot enter into her experience of dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what discipline was the author educated?

2. If death is real, what does the author conclude about it?

3. What does the author say happens when we experience any kind of pain?

4. What disease took both of the author's parents?

5. In his grief, where did the author want to revisit?

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