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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. What does MacDonald point out as no bigger than the portal which brought the bus to Heaven?
(a) A bee.
(b) A roach.
(c) A flea.
(d) A crack.

2. What does the narrator say the Dwarf shrinks to the size of?
(a) A kitten.
(b) A bird.
(c) A flea.
(d) A dog.

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

4. Who says, "Can't you understand anything? Do you really suppose I'm going out there among all those people, like this?"
(a) The Dwarf.
(b) The Well-Dressed Ghost.
(c) MacDonald.
(d) The Tragedian.

5. What does the Female Ghost call the Solid Woman to whom she speaks of Robert?
(a) Gertrude.
(b) Bethany.
(c) Isabelle.
(d) Hilda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pam say she'd be perfectly happy if she had?

2. What does the Solid One tell the Well-Dressed Ghost to drink the cup of?

3. MacDonald says that of the Saved, what happens to them is best described as the opposite of what?

4. What comes rushing forth after the Solid One blows the horn in the forest?

5. What was Pam's husband's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the narrator when the morning arrives?

2. Where does the Bright Person tell Pam her son Michael is? Why can't she see him now?

3. Why does the Female Ghost change her mind about seeing Robert?

4. What does Sarah do when the dwarf disappears?

5. Why does MacDonald tell the narrator that the ghosts choose not to take the bus to Heaven?

6. What does the narrator see when things suddenly change in Chapter 14? What do the figures on the table do?

7. Who is the Bright Person who approaches the narrator? What is his appearance?

8. How did Pam neglect her husband and daughter in her life?

9. What does the Female Ghost say about the flowers she put on Robert's desk?

10. Who does MacDonald say is the only Bright Person who can get into Hell? Why?

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