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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 consider changing his major to theology?
(a) Because it paid well.
(b) Because he felt a calling.
(c) Because Lewis suggested it.
(d) Because of how he felt writing "The Sands."

2. Where did Van and Davy go during their breaks from Yale?
(a) Ohio.
(b) New York.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Maryland.

3. What did Van consider doing in his career the year after Davy dies?
(a) He considered becoming a writer.
(b) He considered farming.
(c) He considered quitting teaching.
(d) He considered getting into finance.

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

5. What is "The Sands?"
(a) A novel.
(b) A song.
(c) A poem.
(d) A play.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Davy call the farmhouse she and Van lived in while waiting for the Grey Goose to be built?

2. How did Van end his letters in "The Way of Grief?"

3. When did Van work on the Illumination of the Past?

4. Where did Van and Davy read "Wind in the Willows" together while at Oxford?

5. Why did Van want to reject Christ in "The Way of Grief?"

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