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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does MacDonald explain that Sarah couldn't go to Hell?
(a) She was too ungrateful.
(b) She didn't want to.
(c) She wasn't allowed.
(d) She couldn't fit.

2. What did Robert have a "silly idea" of doing in the old days?
(a) Making a statue.
(b) Selling his paintings.
(c) Writing a book.
(d) Buying a shop.

3. What does the Solid One tell the Well-Dressed Ghost he can't completely do?
(a) Kiss her.
(b) Carry her.
(c) Heal her.
(d) Save her.

4. Whom does the narrator recall the Gods had tortured?
(a) Cain.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Atlas.
(d) Tantalus.

5. Who are the young men and women on either side of Sarah, according to MacDonald?
(a) Her sisters and brothers.
(b) Her sons and daughters.
(c) Her angels.
(d) Her lovers.

6. What in the song sung by the followers of Sarah cannot scare her in the night?
(a) The ghosts.
(b) The angels.
(c) The bogies.
(d) The demons.

7. What is on the table in Chapter 14?
(a) Chessmen.
(b) Candy.
(c) Gold.
(d) Cards.

8. What is notable about the Dwarf after the Lady kisses him?
(a) Freckles.
(b) Black hair.
(c) A hard face.
(d) Smooth skin.

9. Whom does the narrator realize is leading of the two ghosts who meet Sarah?
(a) The Tragedian.
(b) The Comic.
(c) The Fat Man.
(d) The Dwarf.

10. What does Sarah tell the Tragedian he cannot bring into her?
(a) Danger.
(b) Solitude.
(c) Hell.
(d) Love.

11. What does MacDonald say is young?
(a) Goodness.
(b) Redeemed humanity.
(c) God.
(d) Love.

12. What, according to MacDonald, is easier mistaken for gold than clay?
(a) Jetnam.
(b) Silver.
(c) Bronze.
(d) Brass.

13. What does MacDonald ask the narrator if he's ever heard of?
(a) Prometheus Bound.
(b) Refrigerium.
(c) Death.
(d) Salvation.

14. What does the Solid Person remind Pam that her son was at first?
(a) An abomination.
(b) An accident.
(c) A miracle.
(d) A brat.

15. Who is Robert to the Ghost who insists on not seeing him?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her son.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What approaches the narrator and his guide in the beginning of Chapter 12?

2. What did the Hard-Bitten Ghost leave the narrator with?

3. What does MacDonald say that Hell does not have the power to do over Heaven?

4. What had Robert not had "a spark of"?

5. What does MacDonald point out as no bigger than the portal which brought the bus to Heaven?

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