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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part One of the book, what was not a tradition in the Buechner family in relation to death?
(a) Last rites.
(b) Ministers.
(c) Funerals.
(d) Churches.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the dwarves are offered food, what do they think it is?

3. What title did the author write when he was in his fifties and his mom was in her eighties?

4. 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?

5. What was the make of the family car used for the 1936 suicide?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the author feel like a dwarf as depicted in C. S. Lewis' "The Last Battle?"

2. What did the author deal with in first two autobiographies?

3. What illness did the author's daughter have and how did it affect her?

4. How did the daughter being sick affect the author?

5. How did the author's mother's aging affect her life?

6. How is the author's story, our story?

7. Why is the author telling his secrets?

8. How does the author describe his father's suicide?

9. What did the author say he would deal with in this autobiography "Telling Secrets?"

10. Why/how does the author identify with one of the stained glass images?

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