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

2. Who said these words, "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted"?
(a) Peter.
(b) Paul.
(c) Jesus.
(d) John.

3. Which of the following names is the name of one of Nicholas' children?
(a) David.
(b) Katherine.
(c) Amy.
(d) Jonathan.

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

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

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

7. What does the Christian gospel focus on telling Christians?
(a) Meaning of suffering.
(b) Meaning of faith.
(c) Meaning of salvation.
(d) Meaning of sin.

8. What do some vainly think will be overcome by some technology?
(a) Evil.
(b) Greed.
(c) Death.
(d) Sin.

9. What were people hoisting when Nicholas went to the store?
(a) Gallons of milk.
(b) Bags of flour.
(c) Containers of apples.
(d) Sacks of potatoes.

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

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

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

13. On page 83, what metaphor does Nicholas use to describe what it is to be human?
(a) Glass.
(b) Window.
(c) Icon.
(d) Mirror.

14. To have an authentic life, whom must one become more like?
(a) A little child.
(b) One of the sorrowing.
(c) God.
(d) Jesus Christ.

15. On page 66, a friend mentions to Nicholas that the message of a book in the Bible is the endurance of faith. What book of the Bible has this theme?
(a) Proverbs.
(b) Psalms.
(c) John.
(d) Job.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were people squeezing at the store when Nicholas was shopping?

2. 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?

3. In the image that Nicholas talks about seeing on page 60, who does he see dead?

4. Where did Eric's belongings stand for weeks?

5. What does Nicholas look forward to doing on the Great Day when all will be reunited?

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