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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many years after his father's suicide did the author write "The Return of Ansel Gibbs?"
(a) 15.
(b) 22.
(c) 12.
(d) 35.

3. What was the make of the family car used for the 1936 suicide?
(a) Hudson.
(b) Ford.
(c) Chrysler.
(d) Chevrolet.

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

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

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

7. The author's mother's motto, translated from French is, "you have to ____ in order to be beautiful."
(a) Sacrifice.
(b) Suffer.
(c) Practice.
(d) Work.

8. What was the name of the woman who came nights but according to the author's mother was late because of the subway?
(a) Margie.
(b) Yvonne.
(c) Evelyn.
(d) Mary.

9. When the author's sick daughter had to be hospitalized, how many miles away was she?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 3,000.

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

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

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

13. What title did the author write when he was in his fifties and his mom was in her eighties?
(a) Now and Then.
(b) Telling Secrets.
(c) The Sacred Journey.
(d) The Return of Ansel Gibbs.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what street was the apartment in which the author's mother died?

2. What was the name of the woman the author's mother had trouble understanding because of her thick accent?

3. Who wrote "The Last Battle?"

4. In the Introduction, the author tells us that this is his ___ venture into autobiography.

5. In the room of the author's mother what kind of magazines are on her chaise lounge?

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