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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In complaining about her looks, what did the author's mother say "don't fit?"
(a) Clothes.
(b) Teeth.
(c) Glasses.
(d) Wig.

2. The author said that he told his father's story both as the child "I was in 1936 and still am in ___."
(a) 1985.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1975.

3. In telling his father's story as a child, who does Teddy represent in this story?
(a) The author.
(b) The author's best friend.
(c) The author's brother.
(d) The author's father.

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

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

6. In regards to beauty, the author's mother said you have a better chance of finding a lost cane again, than finding what?
(a) Kissable lips and golden hair.
(b) Clear eyes and blemish free skin.
(c) Wrinkle free and smooth skin.
(d) Blue eyes and golden hair.

7. When the dwarves are offered food, what do they think it is?
(a) Spoiled.
(b) Good.
(c) Poisoned.
(d) Offal.

8. The author's sick daughter was more afraid of what than death?
(a) Coming home.
(b) Being hospitalized.
(c) Gaining weight.
(d) Being rejected.

9. In describing what he learned after his father's death, what does the author consider a means of grace?
(a) Patience.
(b) Faith.
(c) Change.
(d) Tragedy.

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

11. What renders distinctions between past, present and future meaningless, according to the author?
(a) Love.
(b) Death.
(c) Healing.
(d) Memory.

12. The author likens his mother, in her later years, to a millionaire who what?
(a) Runs out of money.
(b) Wants to help everyone.
(c) Hoardes money.
(d) Has to get a job.

13. When the author's sick daughter had to be hospitalized, how many miles away was she?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 1,000.

14. As the author's mother aged, she complained about her looks, saying her hair looked like what?
(a) Straw.
(b) Flax.
(c) Wool.
(d) Cotton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what street was the apartment in which the author's mother died?

2. In the mid 1970's, how may teenage children did the author have?

3. After his father's suicide, where did the author's mom move the family?

4. Who made no new friends while living in New York for almost twenty years?

5. In what month during1936 did the author's father commit suicide?

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