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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Deathly Snows.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Van and Davy do when they needed to make a decision?
(a) They made lists.
(b) They listened to music.
(c) They acted on their first impulse.
(d) Read books.

2. What did Van see when he looked at his boyhood house for the first time since leaving it?
(a) He saw it filled with the people he knows.
(b) He saw it filled with strangers.
(c) He saw that it was falling apart.
(d) It was smaller than he remembered.

3. What does Van say he once thought emotions were a symptom of?
(a) Self evaluation.
(b) Effective communication.
(c) Strength.
(d) Weakness.

4. Why does Van say he decided to seek joy?
(a) It is the easiest emotion.
(b) It is the most elusive emotion.
(c) It is most important emotion.
(d) It is the highest emotion.

5. What was the weather like when Van and Davy married?
(a) Rainy.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Cold.
(d) Cloudy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Van and Davy decide not to live at sea after their first year at Oxford?

2. What first caught Van's attention when he first returned to Glenmerle?

3. What did Van say God must help him with at the end of "Encounter with Light?"

4. How does Van describe Davy?

5. What did Van call "the dirge of a dying world?"

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