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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On Page 80, what does it say that God has allowed to flow?
(a) Rivers of pain.
(b) Rivers of blood.
(c) Rivers of death.
(d) Rivers of grief.

3. 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 mother whose son died in an industrial accident.
(d) A father whose son died in a mountaineering accident.

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

5. According to Nicholas, when will the world's redemption be fulfilled?
(a) When judgment day comes.
(b) When Jesus returns.
(c) When Satan is bound in the pit.
(d) When God's cup of suffering is full.

6. Who does Nicholas say is the man of sorrows?
(a) Isaiah.
(b) Jeremiah.
(c) Jesus Christ.
(d) God Himself.

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

8. What type of questions make Nicholas wince?
(a) Innocent questions.
(b) Questions about his family.
(c) Questions about his well being.
(d) Probing questions.

9. 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) Lamentations 3.
(b) Psalm 18.
(c) John 14.
(d) Proverbs 15.

10. How do the Biblical writers describe mankind?
(a) Made in the image of God.
(b) Deceitful and desperately wicked.
(c) Sinful and lost.
(d) A little lower than the angels.

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

12. On page 87, what does Nicholas say that God wanted to experience with man because of his great love for mankind?
(a) Total absurdity of death.
(b) Joy.
(c) Man's deepest sorrows.
(d) Peace.

13. What does Nicholas almost not dare to say that Eric will miss because he has died?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Listening to music.
(c) Writing books.
(d) Climbing mountains.

14. What were people putting into baskets when Nicholas walked into a store?
(a) Carrots.
(b) Celery.
(c) Onions.
(d) Broccoli.

15. What is a soul that pants for God compared to in a scripture passage that Nicholas quotes on page 71?
(a) A deer panting for streams of water.
(b) A runner desperate for a drink of water.
(c) A boy mowing the lawn on a hot day.
(d) A person lost in the desert wanting a drink.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said these words, "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted"?

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

3. How many children did Nicholas have?

4. When did Nicholas think he heard Eric call, "Hey Dad, I'm back."

5. On page 83, what metaphor does Nicholas use to describe what it is to be human?

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