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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 "Godric" what is the name of the father of the title character?
(a) Aslan.
(b) Teddy.
(c) Aedlward.
(d) Bean.
2. Who refers to themselves as the "last rose of summer?"
(a) Yvonne.
(b) Mrs. Frederick Buechner.
(c) Dorothy Parker.
(d) Mrs. Buechner.
3. The author likens his mother, in her later years, to a millionaire who what?
(a) Runs out of money.
(b) Has to get a job.
(c) Hoardes money.
(d) Wants to help everyone.
4. Where were the ashes of the author's father buried?
(a) Essex.
(b) Hackensack.
(c) Union City.
(d) Brooklyn.
5. After his father's suicide, where did the author's mom move the family?
(a) Cape Hatteras.
(b) Miami.
(c) Halifax.
(d) Bermuda.
Short Answer Questions
1. What renders distinctions between past, present and future meaningless, according to the author?
2. What condition made it almost impossible for the author's mom to walk during her last year of life?
3. What was the name of the woman who came nights but according to the author's mother was late because of the subway?
4. The author's mother lived to within how many days of her ninety-second birthday?
5. The author's mother's motto, translated from French is, "you have to ____ in order to be beautiful."
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the author write "The Wizard's Tide" and what differs in the book from his childhood memory of his father's death?
2. What is the most sacred function of memory?
3. What did the author deal with in first two autobiographies?
4. What illness did the author's daughter have and how did it affect her?
5. How does the author describe his father's suicide?
6. Why did the author's mother have so few friends as she got older?
7. According to the author, how does memory help us finish with the past?
8. How is the author's story, our story?
9. Why/how does the author identify with one of the stained glass images?
10. Describe the author's mother's bedroom in her 79th street apartment.
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