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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Telling Secrets.
(c) The Sacred Journey.
(d) Now and Then.

3. What is the title of the book written by Kahlil Gibran that is on the table next to the chaise lounge in the author's mother's room?
(a) The Last Battle
(b) The Prophet.
(c) Les Malheurs de Sophie.
(d) Now and Then.

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

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

6. What was in the bowl on top of the bureau in the room of the author's mother?
(a) M & Ms.
(b) Peppermints.
(c) Licorice.
(d) Gum.

7. In what language is the dedication written in "Godric?"
(a) Italian.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) Latin.

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

9. 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) 1975.
(d) 1990.

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

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

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

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

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

15. How old was the author when his mother made him feel like a traitor for writing the fictionalized "Ansel Gibbs" about his father's death?
(a) 35.
(b) 32.
(c) 52.
(d) 40.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author describe as the "living heart and command center" of his mother's room?

2. When the dwarves are offered wine, what do they think it is?

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

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

5. Losing track of our "____," according to the author, means being impoverished humanly and spiritually.

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