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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Memory.
(b) Strength.
(c) Faith.
(d) Love.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What condition made it almost impossible for the author's mom to walk during her last year of life?
(a) Amputation.
(b) Arthritic knees.
(c) Fractured foot.
(d) Severely bowed-legs.

11. Who refers to themselves as the "last rose of summer?"
(a) Yvonne.
(b) Dorothy Parker.
(c) Mrs. Frederick Buechner.
(d) Mrs. Buechner.

12. What place did the author see as an act of God in his life that he paralleled to the entry into the Promised Land?
(a) California.
(b) Vermont.
(c) Bermuda.
(d) Illinois.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the ashes of the author's father buried?

2. In "Godric" what is the name of the father of the title character?

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

4. The author said that he told his father's story both as the child "I was in 1936 and still am in ___."

5. What did the author's mother use when she "struck to kill?"

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