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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. The author likens his mother, in her later years, to a millionaire who what?
(a) Hoardes money.
(b) Has to get a job.
(c) Wants to help everyone.
(d) Runs out of money.

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

6. 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.

7. The author describes his sick daughter's behavior as a way of striking out to be what?
(a) Healed.
(b) Heard.
(c) In control.
(d) Free.

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

9. 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) 35.
(d) 40.

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

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

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

13. The author's mother lived to within how many days of her ninety-second birthday?
(a) 15.
(b) 11.
(c) 12.
(d) 1.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In telling his father's story as a child, who does Teddy represent in this story?

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

5. The author's mother's motto, translated from French is, "you have to ____ in order to be beautiful."

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