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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What emotion did Lewis praise in Van in "The Way of Grief?"
(a) Anger.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Regret.
(d) Happiness.

2. What did C.S. Lewis believe about an omniscient God?
(a) Everything has a purpose.
(b) Everyone is good inside.
(c) Nothing is on purpose.
(d) No one knows their future.

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

4. What did Van see on his way to the hospital in "The Deathly Snows?"
(a) A flower patch.
(b) A sunset.
(c) A baby.
(d) A rainbow.

5. What did the Illumination of the Past make Van wonder about death?
(a) If it ends with Heaven or Hell.
(b) If it is contagious.
(c) If it is a sign of things to come.
(d) If it begins with fear.

6. What does C.S. Lewis tell Van about love in "The Severe Mercy?"
(a) That it does not continue through death.
(b) That it should be passed on.
(c) That it is illuminated in death.
(d) That it heals pain.

7. What upset Van about his letters to Davy in "Epilogue: The Second Death?"
(a) He lost them.
(b) They were selfish.
(c) She did not want them.
(d) He no longer wrote "you."

8. Where did Van leave some of Davy's ashes?
(a) At Glenmerle.
(b) In England.
(c) In the hospital.
(d) At the stone cross.

9. Where did Van go at the end of the book?
(a) To London.
(b) To France.
(c) To Russia.
(d) Back to Virginia.

10. Why did Van want to reject Christ in "The Way of Grief?"
(a) He was angry about losing Davy.
(b) He did not get a second sign for God.
(c) He found out Lewis lied to him.
(d) He believed more in Buddhism.

11. What does Van say would have made him hate God in "The Severe Mercy?"
(a) Davy's relationship with God.
(b) God's inability of sending signs to Van.
(c) Van's recent study of Buddhism.
(d) Davy's illness.

12. Why did Van write letters to Davy after her death?
(a) He wanted to make them into a book.
(b) He hoped she could read them.
(c) He did not want her to feel left out.
(d) He thought it was closure.

13. How did Van end his letters in "The Way of Grief?"
(a) All my love.
(b) All is as it should be.
(c) All will never be the same.
(d) All shall be most well.

14. When did Van work on the Illumination of the Past?
(a) Sunday mornings.
(b) Every day after work.
(c) For a month after Davy's death.
(d) He never got around to working on it.

15. What was Joy dying of?
(a) Old age.
(b) Heart disease.
(c) Brain cancer.
(d) Bone cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What comforted Van when he learns of C.S. Lewis' death?

2. What does Van decide could replace nostalgia?

3. What did Jane and Van discuss after Davy went to bed?

4. What does Van realize he would have done if Davy did not die?

5. What did Van send with Davy's letter to C.S. Lewis in "The Way of Grief?"

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