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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, what never repeats itself?
(a) Nature.
(b) Friends.
(c) History.
(d) God.

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

3. What quality did the author admire so much about H.?
(a) Her sense of humor.
(b) Her detachment.
(c) Her love for their children.
(d) Her wisdom.

4. How does the author close the second chapter?
(a) With prayer.
(b) With eager hope.
(c) Without optimism.
(d) With surrender to the grief.

5. Where does the author feel his loss the most?
(a) At work.
(b) In his body.
(c) At the park.
(d) In his home.

6. What feeling is the author surprised to discover that grief resembles?
(a) Love.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Anger.
(d) Fear.

7. How does the author picture the "eternal somethings" that he and H. would be after this life?
(a) Angels.
(b) Emptiness.
(c) Spheres.
(d) Corpses.

8. What kind of understanding did the author have of H.'s dying?
(a) An understanding of the physical pain.
(b) The same understanding that H. had.
(c) An understanding of knowing death was approaching.
(d) An intellectual understanding.

9. What does the author finally decide about the reality of death?
(a) That it is an illusion.
(b) That it is a cheap trick.
(c) That is certainly exists.
(d) That it brings freedom from suffering.

10. Who tries to comfort Lewis with a biblical story about Jesus?
(a) God.
(b) A friend.
(c) A minister.
(d) Lewis' son.

11. How does the author decide he must consider death?
(a) As a brief parting.
(b) As an illusion.
(c) As a permanent separation.
(d) As God's punishment.

12. What does the author think happens to our memories of people?
(a) The memories become more clear.
(b) The memories act as substitutes for the people.
(c) We completely forget people.
(d) The memories change over time.

13. What happens when the author tries to remember H.'s face?
(a) He sees her as if she is still alive.
(b) His memory is crystal clear.
(c) Her face is not clear.
(d) He cannot recall what she looked like.

14. When the author rereads his reflections, how does he react?
(a) He scolds himself.
(b) He wants to stop his reflections.
(c) He erases the reflections.
(d) He asks a friend to edit the work.

15. What, if any, were H.'s last words?
(a) She had no last words.
(b) "I don't want to die."
(c) "I don't want to leave you now."
(d) "I am at peace with God."

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 disease took both of the author's parents?

4. Who is H.?

5. How does the author know that the end of this life is all about heavenly reunions?

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