View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Russians and Iranians.
(b) Sudan, Pakistan, and India.
(c) Iraqis and Iranians.
(d) Armenians, Jews, and Palestinians.

2. What metaphor does Nicholas use on page 76 to refer to faith?
(a) A footbridge.
(b) A path.
(c) A covered walk.
(d) A sidewalk.

3. Who said, "Truly, you are a God who hides yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior"?
(a) Isaiah.
(b) Micah.
(c) Jeremiah.
(d) Hosea.

4. What were people squeezing at the store when Nicholas was shopping?
(a) Melons.
(b) Pears.
(c) Watermelons.
(d) Pomegranates.

5. What book of the Bible does Nicholas mention that speaks of the coming of the day of shalom?
(a) Isaiah.
(b) Lamentations.
(c) Revelation.
(d) Jeremiah.

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

7. How long does Nicholas say it took to create the world?
(a) Billions of years.
(b) Six days.
(c) A million years.
(d) A week.

8. On page 66, what did a friend say he saw during Eric's funeral?
(a) Faith.
(b) Peace.
(c) Joy.
(d) Love.

9. What does Nicholas say that he does now instead of rowing?
(a) He walks.
(b) He runs.
(c) He floats.
(d) He swims.

10. Who wrote a book that angered Nicholas?
(a) A mother whose son died in a boating accident.
(b) A father whose son died in a skiing accident.
(c) A father whose son died in a mountaineering accident.
(d) A mother whose son died in an industrial accident.

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

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

13. How many children did Nicholas have?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

14. What was Nicholas watching when the thought overwhelmed him that he did not understand suffering?
(a) The flicker of red-gold morning light on wind-blown waves.
(b) A father carrying his dead son.
(c) The flicker of orange-pink evening light on almost still water.
(d) A mother weeping in a cemetery.

15. What part of God is never seen?
(a) His face.
(b) His heart.
(c) His hands.
(d) His back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What specific date does Nicholas say is one of the worst days?

2. On page 70, what passage of the Bible does Nicholas refer to as a lament in the context of a faith that endures?

3. On page 81, whom does Nicholas say that God sent to suffer like mankind?

4. What does a voice say when Nicholas becomes fearful in the dream he mentions on page 50?

5. When Nicholas mentions stories written about humanity's odyssey on earth, what is one story he mentions?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 487 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample