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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Way of Grief.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Van write letters to Davy after her death?
(a) He did not want her to feel left out.
(b) He hoped she could read them.
(c) He wanted to make them into a book.
(d) He thought it was closure.

2. Why did Lewis invite Van to Magdalen?
(a) Because he wanted Van to attend class there.
(b) Because Van had never been there.
(c) Because he worked there.
(d) Because he lived near there.

3. What did Van and Davy do the day before Pearl Harbor was bombed?
(a) Sailed a boat.
(b) Ate dinner with friends.
(c) Went fishing.
(d) Built a bomb shelter.

4. What eventually happens to the sand in "The Sands?"
(a) It wears Van down.
(b) It becomes a pearl.
(c) It blows away.
(d) It builds a beach.

5. What does the sand blow against when Van likens Christ to sand in "The Sands?"
(a) Van's mind.
(b) Van's soul.
(c) Van's heart.
(d) Van's window.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose death did Van learn about while he is stationed in Hawaii?

2. What denomination of Christianity did Van and Davy consider themselves to be in "Thou Art the King of Glory?"

3. Where did Van and Davy live during their first year at Oxford?

4. Where did Van and Davy sail after the War?

5. How did Van describe Christianity after seeing the cross-like shadow?

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