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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Van decide to honor Davy's memory?
(a) By naming a school after her.
(b) By being devoted to God.
(c) By donating to church.
(d) By keeping all her letters.

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

4. Why did C.S. Lewis say men are like dogs?
(a) They need a companion.
(b) They are too loyal to the pack.
(c) They follow a master.
(d) They are happy as long as they are fed.

5. What did Van do when he heard Davy's pulse was slowing?
(a) Stayed home and cried.
(b) Yelled at the doctors.
(c) Prayed with her.
(d) Begged God to save her.

6. Where did Van go when he wanted to reject Christ in "The Way of Grief?"
(a) England.
(b) The university.
(c) The country.
(d) The city.

7. How does Van feel about the emptiness of the second death?
(a) It is more comforting than the first.
(b) It is more difficult than the first.
(c) It is more confusing than the first.
(d) It is more necessary than the first.

8. Why did Van and Davy name their house "Mole End?"
(a) Because of the moles in the yard.
(b) Because it made Davy laugh.
(c) Because of a C.S. Lewis novel.
(d) Because it was Davy's last house.

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

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

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

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

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

14. How did Van start a social group in Virginia like the one he had at Oxford?
(a) He called C.S. Lewis.
(b) He invited a student over.
(c) He had Davy invite friends over.
(d) He put up posters.

15. What book did Van and Davy read together when she came home from the hospital?
(a) The Collected Works of C.S. Lewis.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The Book of Common Prayer.
(d) The Koran.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "second death" mean?

2. How did Van greet Davy in "Epilogue: The Second Death?"

3. What did Van and Davy do on the veranda every day in the hospital?

4. Why does Lewis say the passing of time is necessary?

5. What did Davy have with her in the hospital when she returned the second time?

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