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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. Of what disease did H. die?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Emphysema.
(c) Brain tumor.
(d) Leukemia.

2. In the second chapter, what person does the author come to realize he had little confidence in?
(a) The author's brother.
(b) H.
(c) B. R.
(d) The author's children.

3. What religious form would an introduction of a bad God take, according to the author?
(a) An Eastern religious idea.
(b) A sort of extreme Calvinism.
(c) Distorted Anglican theology.
(d) A Roman Catholic idea.

4. What does the author conclude it is foolish to expect from the dead?
(a) For them to report what Heaven is like.
(b) To have conversations with them.
(c) For them to come back to life.
(d) For them to wait for their loved ones.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what ultimate fate does the author resign himself?

3. By the end of the second chapter, what does the author think about human contemplation of God?

4. According to the author, if he searched the universe for H., what would happen?

5. In the first chapter, who does the author say had died several years ago?

Short Essay Questions

1. Before H. died, In what ways is Lewis aware of the distinction between himself and H.?

2. What does Lewis think that he can say about H.'s continuing? Why is it important for Lewis to work out the issue of where H. is?

3. What was the most precious gift that marriage to H. had given Lewis? What is Lewis afraid will happen to that gift?

4. Lewis decided to record his reflections to get all his feelings and thoughts out. What does Lewis reflect might be a downside to his journal?

5. In Chapter One, Lewis reflects upon marriage, religion and God. What is one thing that Lewis admits that marriage has done for him?

6. How does Lewis try to convince himself that he does not mind H.'s death? Provide examples of the things that Lewis tells himself.

7. What was so striking and disturbing about Lewis's encounter with the man he had not seen for 10 years? What image comes to Lewis's mind about memories of H.?

8. In what ways does Lewis reflect a mother who has lost her child can and cannot find comfort? For what does a mother mourn in that situation?

9. How does Lewis think people react when they encounter him?

10. Does Lewis believe in the idea of families reuniting on the other side? Upon what does Lewis base his conclusion?

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