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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In the Introduction, who does the author quote regarding the definition for "story" versus "plot?"
(a) R. Kipling
(b) Himself.
(c) E.M. Forster.
(d) C.S. Lewis.

6. Who made no new friends while living in New York for almost twenty years?
(a) Mrs. Frederick Buechner.
(b) The author.
(c) The author's father.
(d) Mrs. Buechner.

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

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

9. 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.

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

11. How many years had the author been married by the mid 1970's?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 20 years.

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

13. Where were the ashes of the author's father buried?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Union City.
(c) Hackensack.
(d) Essex.

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

15. What did the author's mother use when she "struck to kill?"
(a) Cane.
(b) Tongue.
(c) Book.
(d) Chair.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Three acts of God mentioned by the author that appear in scripture are the Exodus, the ___, and the entry into the Promised Land.

3. What place did the author see as an act of God in his life that he paralleled to the entry into the Promised Land?

4. Who wrote "The Last Battle?"

5. Who tends to more publicly lose touch with themselves and with God, according to the author?

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