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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Losing track of our "____," according to the author, means being impoverished humanly and spiritually.
(a) Stories.
(b) Feelings.
(c) Memories.
(d) Faith.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) Clear eyes and blemish free skin.
(b) Blue eyes and golden hair.
(c) Wrinkle free and smooth skin.
(d) Kissable lips and golden hair.

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

12. 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.

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

14. To the author's mother, being beautiful was her ______.
(a) Flaw.
(b) Weakness.
(c) Triumph.
(d) Business.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One of the book, what was not a tradition in the Buechner family in relation to death?

2. What was the title of the lost book the author's mother hunted for in her room?

3. How old was the author when his father committed suicide?

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

5. Who refers to themselves as the "last rose of summer?"

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