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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 did Van do after reading C.S. Lewis' books?
(a) Returned the books.
(b) Burned the books.
(c) Wrote his own book.
(d) Wrote a letter to Lewis.

2. What season was it when Davy and Van finally announced their marriage?
(a) Winter.
(b) Fall.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

3. What part of Davy first caught Van's attention?
(a) Her smile.
(b) Her hair.
(c) Her walk.
(d) Her eyes.

4. What did Davy and Van decide to establish a code for before marriage?
(a) Their respect.
(b) Their solitude.
(c) Their togetherness.
(d) Their "inloveness."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Van and Davy spend the day before leaving their first year at Oxford?

2. What did Van and Davy do the day before Pearl Harbor was bombed?

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

4. How long did Van stay in Kensington?

5. What did Van call "the dirge of a dying world?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Davy and Van's wedding like?

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

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

4. How did Van connect Glenmerle to Davy?

5. Why did Van and Davy call their schooner Grey Goose?

6. What did Van say happened when he decided to seek the highest of emotions?

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

8. What did Van observe about Lewis as a teacher?

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

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

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