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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 comforted Van when he learns of C.S. Lewis' death?
(a) That he would see him again.
(b) That Christians never say goodbye.
(c) That he had been rewarded by God.
(d) That he was with Davy.

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

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

4. What makes Van call Davy's religion an obedience in "The Severe Mercy?"
(a) The way she read.
(b) The way she talked to Lewis.
(c) The way she prayed.
(d) They way she never questioned anything.

5. What did Van send with Davy's letter to C.S. Lewis in "The Way of Grief?"
(a) A letter of his own.
(b) A Bible.
(c) A picture of Davy.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Van do when he heard Davy's pulse was slowing?

2. What does Van say would have made him hate God in "The Severe Mercy?"

3. How did Van end his letters in "The Way of Grief?"

4. How did Van get his students into a lively debate in "The Barrier Breached?"

5. What was Joy dying of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What vision of Davy did Van have in "Epilogue: The Second Death?"

2. How did Lewis respond to Van's first letter in "The Way of Grief?"

3. Why did Davy bargain with God in "The Barrier Breached?"

4. What happened when Davy slips into a coma?

5. Why did Van become jealous of Davy's religious practices in "The Barrier Breached?"

6. What did Van do before sailing back to Virginia in "Epilogue: The Second Death?"

7. What shocked Van about Virginia after staying at Oxford?

8. How did Van reflect on time in "The Severe Mercy?"

9. How did Van break "the barrier" in "The Barrier Breached?"

10. How did Van bring together an intellectual Christian group at "Li'l Dreary?"

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