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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Van and Davy spend the day before leaving their first year at Oxford?
(a) In the countryside.
(b) C.S. Lewis' house.
(c) At a local park.
(d) In the city.

3. What does the sand blow against when Van likens Christ to sand in "The Sands?"
(a) Van's heart.
(b) Van's mind.
(c) Van's soul.
(d) Van's window.

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

5. In "Encounter with Light", what did Van say makes all world religion leaders similar?
(a) They respond to the same forces.
(b) They celebrate the same holidays.
(c) They believe in the same God.
(d) They want the same goals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Van and Davy call themselves instead of husband and wife?

2. What did Van realize about his decision to become Christian in "Thou Art the King of Glory?"

3. How did Van describe Christianity after seeing the cross-like shadow?

4. Why did Van go to Blackwell's Booksellers?

5. What composer did Van and Davy enjoy listening to at St. Ebbe's?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did C.S. Lewis respond to Van's desire for the presence of God to be obvious?

2. What ground rules did Davy and Van create before getting married?

3. How did Van react the first time he returns to Glenmerle?

4. Why did Van and Davy choose to attend St. Ebbe's?

5. Why did Davy feel guilty after the man in the park exposed himself to her?

6. Why did Davy and Van sail to Oxford at the end of "The Shadow of a Tree?"

7. What did Van and Davy do when they invited people over to their apartment near Oxford?

8. What did Van write in "The Sands?"

9. What did Van and Davy do as soon as the war ended?

10. How did Van say spending a year in Kensington changed him?

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