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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The day after the author's rant in Chapter Two, what does he ask himself about God?
(a) If God can return H. to life.
(b) If he has found acceptance that H. is gone.
(c) Whether or not God exists.
(d) If it's rational to believe in a bad God.

2. How long were the author and H. married?
(a) One year.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three years.
(d) Ten years.

3. How does the author know that the end of this life is all about heavenly reunions?
(a) He and H. discussed it.
(b) Reality never repeats.
(c) It says so in the Bible.
(d) He had a vision.

4. What does the author consider might be "only one more house of cards"?
(a) Finding comfort in friendship.
(b) Using his work to ease his grief.
(c) Marrying again.
(d) Restoration of his faith.

5. How does Lewis begin his reflections?
(a) By shouting at God.
(b) By describing his friends' reactions.
(c) By weeping.
(d) By describing his physical and mental state.

Short Answer Questions

1. What accounts for a mother's response to comforting words regarding a lost child?

2. At the end of Chapter Two, what does the author think about his reflections?

3. What does the author finally decide about the reality of death?

4. What, if any, were H.'s last words?

5. Thinking so much about his grief causes the author to doubt what?

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