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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. How did Van and Davy come up with their code before marriage?
(a) They read love poetry.
(b) They asked their parents for advice.
(c) They examined failed relationships.
(d) They made a list of what they value.

2. What does Van say he once thought emotions were a symptom of?
(a) Weakness.
(b) Self evaluation.
(c) Strength.
(d) Effective communication.

3. What eventually happens to the sand in "The Sands?"
(a) It blows away.
(b) It becomes a pearl.
(c) It wears Van down.
(d) It builds a beach.

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

5. What does Van say made him realize the feelings of pain and longing while in Kensington?
(a) Watching the sun rise.
(b) Looking at the night sky.
(c) Watching the sun set.
(d) Seeing the tides change.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Davy call the farmhouse she and Van lived in while waiting for the Grey Goose to be built?

2. Why did C.S. Lewis say he started researching Christianity?

3. Why did Van recant his first confession of belief in God?

4. What did Van and Davy worship as the holiest existence while in Hawaii?

5. What happened when Davy remembered mocking people for having religious faith?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why did C.S. Lewis say he favors Christianity to other world religions?

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

8. How did Lewis respond when Van considered changing his major to Theology?

9. Why did Davy and Van decide not to have children?

10. What did Lewis say in his letters about the simplification of religions?

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