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

2. What mountain peak does Nicholas mention after discussing his dream on page 50?
(a) Ellmauerhalt.
(b) Elferkogel.
(c) Jovenspitze.
(d) Feldberg.

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

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

5. In what way has Nicholas changed since Eric's death?
(a) His faith.
(b) His character.
(c) His relationships.
(d) His grief.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 85, who does Nicholas say are the mourners?

2. What is the name of the work where this phrase appears, "there must be something more than death..., there must be a promise that is not fulfilled in our short existence in this world."

3. When Nicholas reads the New Testament, of what fact is he convinced?

4. On page 72, what type of a mother does Nicholas describe and say that he cannot identify with her pain?

5. Whose funeral had Nicholas attended six months before Eric's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do innocent questions make Nicholas wince?

2. Who are the mourners?

3. On page 76, what does a bitter, suffering friend tell Nicholas?

4. Why didn't Nicholas plunge back into his work?

5. What is Nicholas convinced of when he reads the New Testament?

6. Why does Nicholas say God suffers?

7. In Section 8, what is said about what it means to be human?

8. What will Nicholas do rather than turn away from death?

9. What metaphor does Nicholas use to explain faith?

10. In what respects does man mirror God?

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