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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author's mother lived to within how many days of her ninety-second birthday?
(a) 11.
(b) 15.
(c) 1.
(d) 12.

2. What was the name of the woman the author's mother had trouble understanding because of her thick accent?
(a) Yvonne.
(b) Evelyn.
(c) Margie.
(d) Margorie.

3. What was the name of the woman who came nights but according to the author's mother was late because of the subway?
(a) Margie.
(b) Yvonne.
(c) Mary.
(d) Evelyn.

4. How old was the author when his father committed suicide?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 10.

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

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

7. In Part One of the book, what was not a tradition in the Buechner family in relation to death?
(a) Churches.
(b) Ministers.
(c) Last rites.
(d) Funerals.

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

9. In the Introduction, how many books does the author mention that dealt with the headlines of his life?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

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

11. What is the title of the first autobiography written by the author?
(a) The Last Battle.
(b) Now and Then.
(c) The Sacred Journey.
(d) Telling Secrets.

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

13. In the Introduction, what is the title of the book the author cites as dealing with the interior of his life?
(a) Telling Secrets.
(b) The Sacred Journey.
(c) Godric.
(d) Now and Then.

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

15. The author describes his sick daughter's behavior as a way of striking out to be what?
(a) Free.
(b) Heard.
(c) Healed.
(d) In control.

Short Answer Questions

1. In regards to beauty, the author's mother said you have a better chance of finding a lost cane again, than finding what?

2. How many years had the author been married by the mid 1970's?

3. The author's mother's motto, translated from French is, "you have to ____ in order to be beautiful."

4. 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?

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

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