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

2. Where did Nicholas move Eric's belongings after several weeks?
(a) Basement.
(b) Shed.
(c) Garage.
(d) Attic.

3. When Nicholas mentions stories written about humanity's odyssey on earth, what is one story he mentions?
(a) Pastors of large churches.
(b) Explorers who found a pass to the Pacific.
(c) Successful entrepreneurs.
(d) Students who excelled.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does every act of evil extract from God?

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. What does a voice say when Nicholas becomes fearful in the dream he mentions on page 50?

4. What does Nicholas say that he does now instead of rowing?

5. What is Nicholas doing in a dream on page 50?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the ordinariness bother Nicholas when he walked into a store?

2. Does Nicholas believe that God reveals himself?

3. Who are the mourners?

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

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

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

7. What types of days can Nicholas manage?

8. Is there a firm answer to why humans suffer?

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

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

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