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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Eric spend much of one summer helping to rebuild?
(a) Farm buildings.
(b) Fences.
(c) House of hurricane victims.
(d) Houses of tornado victims.

2. What is man compared to in Job 14: 1-2?
(a) Birds and animals.
(b) Clouds and rain.
(c) Weeds and grass.
(d) Flower and shadow.

3. What are some people gifted with when someone is suffering?
(a) Words of wisdom.
(b) Words of encouragement.
(c) Words of faith.
(d) Words of kindness.

4. Who made a special cloth used during the funeral?
(a) A member of the congregation.
(b) Eric's grandmother.
(c) An aunt.
(d) A friend of the family.

5. In what month did Eric die?
(a) June.
(b) April.
(c) July.
(d) May.

Short Answer Questions

1. What elements did Nicholas believe would comfort him?

2. What day of the week was Eric's body returned to them?

3. What did Nicholas and his family decide to do with Eric's belongings?

4. Who insisted on seeing Eric's body?

5. Where does Nicholas say that people need to go to comfort him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What gave Eric trouble in human relationships?

2. What was Eric's educational background?

3. What was the history behind the liturgy that was used at Eric's funeral?

4. How does Nicholas say that he and the family can live as faithfully and authentically with Eric gone as they did when he was present?

5. What things remind Nicholas that Eric is gone?

6. What did Eric look like in his coffin?

7. What did Nicholas and his family decide to do with Eric's things?

8. What does Nicholas say it is to be human?

9. Why does Nicholas say that the family took Eric for granted?

10. In what way does the world look different to Nicholas after his son's death?

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