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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What histories are written about the odyssey of humanity on earth?
(a) The story of the exulting ones.
(b) The story of those who are defeated.
(c) The story of those who have suffered.
(d) The story of those who are persecuted.

2. Who said, "Be calm. "Disengage yourself. Neither laugh nor weep"?
(a) The Greeks.
(b) Epicureans.
(c) The Romans.
(d) Stoics.

3. On page 72, what type of a mother does Nicholas describe and say that he cannot identify with her pain?
(a) A mother who has lost a child in childbirth.
(b) An impoverished mother whose child is starving.
(c) A mother who has no living children.
(d) A mother who hurts her children.

4. In the book that angered Nicholas, what passage of the Bible does the author mention was read in church the Sunday before the death of a man's son?
(a) Psalm 18.
(b) Lamentations 3.
(c) John 14.
(d) Proverbs 15.

5. What repelled Nicholas when he walked into a store?
(a) The hustle and bustle in the store.
(b) The ordinariness of what he saw.
(c) Seeing Eric's old friends.
(d) The people who gave him their condolences.

6. When Nicholas reads the New Testament, of what fact is he convinced?
(a) That Jesus of Nazareth died for man's sins.
(b) That Jesus of Nazareth was raised from the dead.
(c) That God is good.
(d) That God loves his children.

7. On page 85, who does Nicholas say are the mourners?
(a) Those who have caught a glimpse of God's new day.
(b) Those who see beyond sorrow.
(c) Those who have identified themselves with Jesus Christ.
(d) Those who have found joy in God.

8. What does Nicholas say are the worst days now that Eric is gone?
(a) Nicholas's birthday.
(b) The birthday of his other children.
(c) Eric's birthday.
(d) Holidays.

9. What is some suffering seen to be a result of?
(a) War.
(b) Assault.
(c) Sin.
(d) Poverty.

10. Where was Jesus when he spoke words of comfort to his disciples?
(a) A hill in Galilee.
(b) A fishing boat on the Red Sea.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Nazareth.

11. On page 50, what happens in Nicholas' dream?
(a) He catches a monster fish.
(b) He meets a rabid dog in the woods.
(c) His wife chokes on her food and dies.
(d) His friends disappear.

12. On page 61, in what type of land does Nicholas find it difficult to sing?
(a) This desolate land.
(b) This dry and weary land.
(c) This barren land.
(d) This sorrowing land.

13. What will happen to him who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow?
(a) He will return with songs of joy carrying sheaves.
(b) He will return with bushels of grain and a faithful heart.
(c) He will return with corn and a joyful heart.
(d) He will return with weeping and gnashing of teeth.

14. Where in the Bible is the quote, "Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy."
(a) I John 3.
(b) Isaiah 25.
(c) Psalm 126.
(d) Revelation 21.

15. On page 64, what does Nicholas feel when he looks back at times when Eric was alive?
(a) Contentment.
(b) Distress.
(c) Satisifaction.
(d) Regret.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Biblical writers describe mankind?

2. What is Nicholas doing in a dream on page 50?

3. What nations does Nicholas mention when he thinks about what it would be like to be a member of a people whose national existence is under attack?

4. On page 60, Nicholas speaks of an image that haunts him. Where is he standing in this image?

5. What was Nicholas watching when the thought overwhelmed him that he did not understand suffering?

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