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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Davy return to the hospital in "The Deathly Snows?"
(a) October.
(b) September.
(c) August.
(d) July.

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

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

4. Why did Van go to Oxford in "Epilogue: The Second Death?"
(a) He felt a pull there.
(b) He had a teaching job.
(c) C.S. Lewis told him to come there.
(d) Davy left letters there.

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

6. Why did Davy pray for herself to live just one more year?
(a) She wanted to help out the Christian group.
(b) She did not want Van to know she was sick.
(c) She believed she could get better with time.
(d) She wanted to try to have a child.

7. What does Van say people must pass through to get to eternity in "The Severe Mercy?"
(a) A hole.
(b) A corridor.
(c) A trap door.
(d) A window.

8. Why does Van say he offered his own life for Davy's goodness in "The Severe Mercy?"
(a) Because he loved her.
(b) Because she asked him to.
(c) Because God told him.
(d) Because Lewis told him.

9. What does Van realize he would have done if Davy did not die?
(a) He would have taken advantage of her.
(b) He would have had children with her.
(c) He would have tried to pull her from religion.
(d) He would have lost his own faith.

10. How many people did Van tell the doctor were praying for Davy in "The Deathly Snows?"
(a) One.
(b) 50.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 100.

11. Where did Davy work when she lived in Virginia?
(a) An accounting firm.
(b) A school.
(c) A bank.
(d) A library.

12. What did Davy say when she slipped into a coma?
(a) "It's alright."
(b) "My God."
(c) "Oh love."
(d) "Go on."

13. What did Jane and Van discuss after Davy went to bed?
(a) Their jobs.
(b) Davy's health.
(c) God.
(d) Poetry.

14. What did the gust of wind in "The Way of Grief" make Van think of?
(a) Davy's hair.
(b) Sailing.
(c) Change.
(d) Rainbows.

15. Why didn't the hospital accept payment for Davy's stay?
(a) They never explained why.
(b) They said someone else already paid.
(c) They said they failed her.
(d) They said she did too much for them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Van see when he envisioned all the "Davies" he had known after she died?

2. How does Van feel about the emptiness of the second death?

3. What did C.S. Lewis tell Van to avoid in "The Barrier Breached?"

4. Who did Davy write a poem for in "The Barrier Breached?"

5. What did Van say when Davy asked him not to follow her in death?

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