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

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

3. What is Lewis' state of mind?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Denial.
(c) Bitterness.
(d) Agony.

4. What is H.'s real name?
(a) Helen Lewis.
(b) Norma Lewis.
(c) Sylvia Plath.
(d) Joy Gresham.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the author determine holds no promise of a happy afterlife?

2. In what sense does the author agree that H. is with God, as some friends say?

3. What does the author state causes human beings to regard God falsely?

4. Who is the main character in the book?

5. Who tries to comfort Lewis with a biblical story about Jesus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe some people whom Lewis thinks are having negative reactions to Lewis and his grief?

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 aspects of religion is Lewis glad to discuss? What aspect of religion is Lewis not willing to accept?

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

5. What does Lewis experience when he finally goes to a place where he and H. had been happy?

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

7. What is one aspect of the supposed consolation that H. continues that troubles Lewis?

8. Lewis is surprised about the way that grief intrudes upon his daily responsibilities. What are some symptoms Lewis experiences about the laziness of grief?

9. How did Lewis feel years ago about a friend's life after death? Contrast that experience with the way that Lewis experiences H. after her death?

10. What does Lewis mean by the term "live" as it relates to H.'s memory?

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