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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. What does Van say is dangerous about making decisions in "Encounter with Light?"
(a) Including God.
(b) Not talking to Davy first.
(c) Not sleeping well beforehand.
(d) Including emotion.

2. What did Davy let go of during her first flight?
(a) Flowers.
(b) A letter.
(c) Her hat.
(d) Her shoe.

3. Who did Van write for after the War?
(a) Yachting Magazine.
(b) Yale Press.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) The Miami Herald.

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

5. Why did Van go to Blackwell's Booksellers?
(a) To find a gift for Davy.
(b) To ask for a job.
(c) To start a book collection.
(d) To research Christianity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Lewis invite Van to Magdalen?

2. Why does Van believe all the great moments in life must be felt?

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

4. How did Van feel about God while living at Glenmerle?

5. Where did a man expose himself to Davy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Davy and Van decide to live at sea?

3. What confused Van about world religions in "Encounter with Light?"

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

5. How did the bombing of Pearl Harbor affect Van and Davy?

6. What was Davy's "sin picture?"

7. How did Van say he was awakened to his emotions?

8. How did C.S. Lewis compare himself to Van in his letters?

9. What happened when Van and Davy started reading C.S. Lewis novels?

10. How did Davy and Van protect themselves from "creeping separateness?"

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