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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Van's dinner group in England do?
(a) Raised money.
(b) Hosted speakers.
(c) Reviewed books.
(d) Wrote articles.

2. How long had Davy been dead when Van returned to Glenmerle?
(a) Nine months.
(b) Three months.
(c) Six months.
(d) One month.

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

4. Who did Van write for after the War?
(a) Yachting Magazine.
(b) Yale Press.
(c) The Miami Herald.
(d) The New Yorker.

5. Why did Van and Davy discuss grammar with Lewis while at Oxford?
(a) Because it changed the meaning of the Bible.
(b) Because Lewis was a writer.
(c) Because they discussed literature.
(d) Because Davy was confused.

6. What did C.S. Lewis tell Van and Davy during their final lunch together at Oxford?
(a) That life is temptation.
(b) That goodbyes are forever.
(c) That he would see them again.
(d) That Van had only begun his journey.

7. Who bombed Pearl Harbor?
(a) France.
(b) Japan.
(c) Germany.
(d) Russia.

8. How did Van's parents feel about his marriage to Davy?
(a) They did not know about it.
(b) They would not talk to him about it.
(c) They approved of it.
(d) They disapproved of it.

9. What does Van describe as the most repugnant part of confessing faith in Christianity?
(a) Saying the rosary.
(b) Making a confession to a priest.
(c) Bending down on one's knee.
(d) Reading the Bible.

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

11. Where did Van and Davy read "Wind in the Willows" together while at Oxford?
(a) In a class.
(b) At C.S. Lewis' house.
(c) In the city.
(d) In a park.

12. Where did Van and Davy sail after the War?
(a) To the East Coast.
(b) To South America.
(c) The Florida Keys.
(d) The Carribbean.

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

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

15. When did Van and Davy secretly marry?
(a) After about six months together.
(b) After about a year together.
(c) After about two years together.
(d) They never married.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Van and Davy spend the day before leaving their first year at Oxford?

2. Why did Van and Davy enroll at Yale?

3. What did C.S. Lewis warn Van can attack his faith in "Thou Art the King of Glory?"

4. What did C.S. Lewis say about religions born in jungles?

5. What happened when Davy remembered mocking people for having religious faith?

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