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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What metaphor does the author use with which to compare with a God who hurts to heal?
(a) A surgeon with wholly good intentions.
(b) A cosmic sadist.
(c) A frustrated parent.
(d) A trickster.

3. What sense does the first chapter end with?
(a) Satisfaction.
(b) Uncertainty.
(c) Resolution.
(d) Futility.

4. In the early stage of the author's grief, what was one emotion he felt toward God?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Anger.
(c) Companionship.
(d) Bliss.

5. What accounts for a mother's response to comforting words regarding a lost child?
(a) Detachment from death.
(b) Confidence in Scripture.
(c) Faith in God.
(d) Mothering instinct.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long were the author and H. married?

3. What does the author ask if he is doing with his fallen house of cards?

4. At the beginning of Chapter Four, what impossible result does the author admit he thought his records could achieve?

5. Who is H.?

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