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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 Two, the author describes his memory of the color of the shallows in the Gulf Stream on the island as ___.
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Tawny.
(d) Aqua.

2. What type of cedar trees does the author describe, as a smell of "the island?"
(a) Eastern Red.
(b) Dwarf.
(c) Atlas.
(d) Western Red.

3. The author also read "A Testament of Devotion," written by _____.
(a) Noel Coward.
(b) Mary Strong.
(c) Dorothy Parker.
(d) Thomas Kelly.

4. How many years after attending theological seminary did the author started teaching at Harvard?
(a) 15.
(b) 30.
(c) 25.
(d) 20.

5. In what year did the author accept an invitation to teach at Harvard Divinity School?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1989.

Short Answer Questions

1. The scripture passage in the beginning of Part Two of the book says that we were created in the likeness and image of who?

2. When the author asked another of his atheist students what he have faith in, the student replied he had faith in ____.

3. Which island shop had ceiling fans?

4. In what year did the author's sick daughter finally graduate college?

5. The author likens the way we scurry through life to ____, in how we keep busy, busy, ignoring the big things while small things loom large.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author describe about the Tower of London?

2. How did the author translate his hotel dream into his real life?

3. What can you tell about the author and his time at Union Theological Seminary?

4. How does the author connect his feelings to what he describes about the Tower in London?

5. When do Dudley Knott and the author become friends?

6. What did trying to help his daughter reveal to the author about his emotional state?

7. How did the author feel about his kids once they were older and how did this affect his life once they left home as adults?

8. Why does the author go to Bermuda as a child?

9. How did the author's kids connect him with the outside world when they were small?

10. What differences did the author write about among Union students as well as what they all shared?

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