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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: p. 38-48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was read at the grave site?
(a) Psalms.
(b) Book of Common Prayer.
(c) Proverbs.
(d) John 14.

2. What type of spices did Eric have in his cupboard?
(a) Indian.
(b) Japanese.
(c) Indonesian.
(d) Chinese.

3. On Eric's way up the mountain, he passed a boulder with plaques listing the names of people who had died where he was going to climb. How many names were on the plaques?
(a) 45.
(b) 39.
(c) 62.
(d) 50.

4. Now that Eric is gone, what does Nicholas say there is in the world now, on page 33?
(a) A lack of faith.
(b) A lack of peace.
(c) A darkness.
(d) A hole.

5. Where did Eric die?
(a) Kaisergebirger.
(b) Volderdorf.
(c) Kaiserhaus.
(d) Hinterdorf.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Nicholas say "scarcely looks ahead; his plans are cautious, few, short-term"?

2. One of Nicholas's friends had a son who died several weeks before Eric. How did this young man die?

3. In what month did Eric die?

4. For how many seconds did Nicholas feel the peace of resignation after learning of Eric's death?

5. What was the weather like when Nicholas received the call that Eric died?

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