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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the room of the author's mother what kind of magazines are on her chaise lounge?
(a) Home Making.
(b) Movie.
(c) Fashion.
(d) Sewing.

3. 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) 32.
(b) 52.
(c) 40.
(d) 35.

4. Who tends to more publicly lose touch with themselves and with God, according to the author?
(a) Parents.
(b) Authors.
(c) Ministers.
(d) Kids.

5. In the room in which the author writes, how many pieces of stained glass sit in his windows?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

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

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

9. On what street was the apartment in which the author's mother died?
(a) 42nd.
(b) 79th.
(c) 69th.
(d) 82nd.

10. 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.

11. In the Introduction, the author tells us that this is his ___ venture into autobiography.
(a) First.
(b) Third.
(c) Fifth.
(d) Second.

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

13. When the dwarves are offered wine, what do they think it is?
(a) Ditch water.
(b) Poison.
(c) Tea with arsenic.
(d) Blood.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What renders distinctions between past, present and future meaningless, according to the author?

2. To the author's mother, being beautiful was her ______.

3. The author likens his mother, in her later years, to a millionaire who what?

4. What was the make of the family car used for the 1936 suicide?

5. In what language is the dedication written in "Godric?"

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