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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. How did Van describe American's devotion to church?
(a) Promising.
(b) Confusing.
(c) Cruel.
(d) Passionless.

2. What boat did Van and Davy buy in Miami after the War?
(a) Great-ful.
(b) Gull.
(c) Grey Goose.
(d) Gander.

3. What does the Tao focus on?
(a) A code of conduct.
(b) A series of rituals.
(c) A complex agreement.
(d) A set of rules.

4. What did C.S Lewis believe was pursuing Van?
(a) A career in religion.
(b) The Holy Spirit.
(c) The police.
(d) Davy.

5. Why does Van believe all the great moments in life must be felt?
(a) They define people.
(b) They lose their majesty if they are not felt.
(c) They do not make sense if they are not felt.
(d) They only happen once.

Short Answer Questions

1. What formed the X-shaped shadow Van looks at in "The Shadow of a Tree?"

2. What did Van's dinner group in England do?

3. Why did Van and Davy discuss grammar with Lewis while at Oxford?

4. What did the Illumination of the Past make Van wonder about death?

5. Who bombed Pearl Harbor?

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