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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, what is the doorway to healing and forgiveness?
(a) Faith.
(b) Memory.
(c) Love.
(d) Communciation.

2. Three acts of God mentioned by the author that appear in scripture are the Exodus, the ___, and the entry into the Promised Land.
(a) Crucifixion.
(b) Covenant.
(c) Cross.
(d) Confession.

3. What is the title of the book the author wrote to tell the story of his father to a child?
(a) Now and Then.
(b) The Wizard's Tide.
(c) Ansel Gibbs.
(d) The Last Battle.

4. What was the title of the lost book the author's mother hunted for in her room?
(a) Now and Then.
(b) The Last Battle.
(c) Les Malheurs de Sophie.
(d) Ansel Gibbs.

5. How many years after his father's suicide did the author write "The Return of Ansel Gibbs?"
(a) 35.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 22.

6. In the mid 1970's, how may teenage children did the author have?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) None.
(d) 1.

7. Who wrote "The Last Battle?"
(a) E.M. Forster.
(b) C.S. Lewis.
(c) Noel Coward.
(d) Frederick Buechner.

8. What fell behind the radiator and required that the building superintendent come to retrieve it?
(a) The pillow.
(b) The purse.
(c) The cane.
(d) The fan.

9. According to the author, what does God give us that helps us finish with the past and remove the power of the past to hurt us?
(a) Faith.
(b) Strength.
(c) Love.
(d) Memory.

10. How many failed marriages did the author's mother have after his father died?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

11. In "The Last Battle", who stoops and touches the dwarves with his tongue?
(a) Bean.
(b) Aslan.
(c) Teddy.
(d) Godric.

12. What title did the author write when he was in his fifties and his mom was in her eighties?
(a) The Return of Ansel Gibbs.
(b) The Sacred Journey.
(c) Now and Then.
(d) Telling Secrets.

13. What was the make of the family car used for the 1936 suicide?
(a) Chrysler.
(b) Hudson.
(c) Chevrolet.
(d) Ford.

14. In "Godric" what is the name of the father of the title character?
(a) Bean.
(b) Aslan.
(c) Aedlward.
(d) Teddy.

15. What does the author describe as the "living heart and command center" of his mother's room?
(a) Bed.
(b) Bureau.
(c) Chaise Lounge.
(d) Dressing Table.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the room in which the author writes, how many pieces of stained glass sit in his windows?

2. In the Introduction, the author tells us that this is his ___ venture into autobiography.

3. Who refers to themselves as the "last rose of summer?"

4. What condition made it almost impossible for the author's mom to walk during her last year of life?

5. In Part One of the book, what was not a tradition in the Buechner family in relation to death?

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