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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 is Nicholas doing in a dream on page 50?
(a) Walking in the woods.
(b) Eating dinner with his wife.
(c) Fishing with his children.
(d) Walking down the street with friends.

2. On page 64, what does Nicholas feel when he looks back at times when Eric was alive?
(a) Contentment.
(b) Distress.
(c) Regret.
(d) Satisifaction.

3. Where is it written "Why do you permit yourself to suffer, O God? If the death of the devout costs you dear, why do you permit it?"
(a) Psalm 1:12.
(b) Psalm 120:18.
(c) Psalm 116:15.
(d) Psalm 119:110.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote, "we have to wait for the third day"?

2. In one respect, how does man mirror God?

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

4. What does Nicholas almost not dare to say that Eric will miss because he has died?

5. According to Nicholas, when will the world's redemption be fulfilled?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Nicholas become in the world since Eric's death?

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

3. What would Nicholas give for the changes in his character since Eric died?

4. Who are the mourners?

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

6. Does Nicholas believe that God reveals himself?

7. Is Nicholas angry at God because of Eric's death?

8. What will Nicholas do with the regrets he has regarding Eric?

9. What are the worst days for Nicholas now that Eric is gone?

10. Why do innocent questions make Nicholas wince?

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