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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 has a vision of angels at age fourteen?
(a) Sadie.
(b) Absalom Greer.
(c) Miss Rose.
(d) Father Tim.

2. Who do Cynthia and Tim run into after dinner?
(a) Miss Rose and Uncle Billy.
(b) Dooley and Barnabas.
(c) Emma and Harold.
(d) Andrew.

3. Who does Tim give his life to at the end of the book?
(a) God.
(b) Stuart.
(c) Himself.
(d) Cynthia.

4. What is the inscription that Willard carves in the Porter House?
(a) Winterpast and the Song of Solomon.
(b) Willard and Sadie Forever.
(c) Forbidden Love.
(d) Always and Forever.

5. To whom has Tim devoted his life to, up until this point?
(a) Himself.
(b) His parishioners.
(c) God.
(d) Dooley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character has a nightmare about Barnabas?

2. How does Tim feel, leaving for his trip?

3. Why is Tim afraid of going steady with Cynthia?

4. Who calls Tim to let him know that Olivia made it through the surgery?

5. Where does Sadie meet her true love?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the loss of Barnabas bring Dooley and Tim closer together?

2. What inscription has Willard carved into the Porter House? Why is this significant?

3. What does the bishop tell Tim he should do near the end of the book? Why do you think he tells Tim this?

4. Describe the events of the evening leading up to Cynthia's proposal that she and Tim go steady.

5. Describe the character of Homeless Hobbes.

6. How does Tim end up in the hospital?

7. Why is Tim amazed by Sadie's love story?

8. What is Tim's response to Cynthia's proposal that she and Tim go steady?

9. Why does Cynthia think Tim is angry with her?

10. Why does Dooley get into a food fight? Why isn't Tim more upset about it?

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