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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did C.S. Lewis say about religions born in jungles?
(a) They were just like Christianity.
(b) They were based on superstition.
(c) They were rarely recognized.
(d) They were focused on the devil.

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

3. What does Van say was his first aesthetic experience?
(a) Having pain feel intense.
(b) Shivering in the cold.
(c) Watching the branches of a tree wave.
(d) Falling in love.

4. Why did Van and Davy enroll at Yale?
(a) They loved New Haven.
(b) There were too many students at Oxford.
(c) It was the best school.
(d) They got free tuition.

5. Whose death did Van learn about while he is stationed in Hawaii?
(a) Davy's father.
(b) Davy's mother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

6. Why did Van recant his first confession of belief in God?
(a) He did it without thinking first.
(b) He did it when he was sad.
(c) He did it after drinking.
(d) He did it out of love for Davy.

7. Where did a man expose himself to Davy?
(a) In a park.
(b) On a train.
(c) On Yale campus.
(d) At her house.

8. Why did Van and Davy make sure they spend time outside while they are at Oxford?
(a) To enjoy the warm weather.
(b) To protect their relationship.
(c) To take breaks from school.
(d) To honor God's work.

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

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

11. How did Davy honor her love for Davy during their first summer together?
(a) With poetry.
(b) With paintings.
(c) With letters.
(d) With songs.

12. What formed the X-shaped shadow Van looks at in "The Shadow of a Tree?"
(a) A building.
(b) His body.
(c) A ship's mast.
(d) A tree.

13. What composer did Van and Davy enjoy listening to at St. Ebbe's?
(a) Bach.
(b) Beethoven.
(c) Handel.
(d) Vivaldi.

14. How did Van feel about God while living at Glenmerle?
(a) He was devoted to God.
(b) He thought there were several gods.
(c) He did not believe in God.
(d) He rarely went to church.

15. How did reading C.S. Lewis' work make Davy feel?
(a) At peace.
(b) Pleased.
(c) Pained.
(d) Afraid.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Van feel when Davy became a Christian?

3. What does Van say staying in Kensington did for him?

4. What did C.S. Lewis say human dreams are greater than?

5. What did Van and Davy do when they needed to make a decision?

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