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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. MacDonald says that of the Saved, what happens to them is best described as the opposite of what?
(a) A mirror.
(b) Hell.
(c) A mirage.
(d) A journey.

2. According to MacDonald where do literary ghosts go to visit?
(a) Sanitariums.
(b) Graves.
(c) Museums.
(d) Libraries.

3. What does Sarah say that the Dwarf can no longer communicate here?
(a) His glory.
(b) His money.
(c) His dominance.
(d) His wretchedness.

4. What does the Well-Dressed Ghost in the forest tell the Solid One following her?
(a) To leave her alone.
(b) To help her sleep.
(c) To take her to the mountain.
(d) To take her to her husband.

5. What was clearer here for the narrator than on Earth, according to MacDonald?
(a) The love.
(b) The lens.
(c) The life.
(d) The death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which ghost does the narrator encounter in the small clearing in Chapter 8?

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

3. What are the small creatures on the table representative of in Chapter 14?

4. Who is the ghost that MacDonald mentioned stayed in Heaven?

5. Who is the glorious woman being praised in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator do when MacDonald offers to walk with him uphill? What is the sensation he speaks of?

2. Why does the Female Ghost encountered by the narrator and MacDonald say she wouldn't stay in Heaven?

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

4. What does MacDonald tell the narrator about the beautiful woman in the procession?

5. What does Pam's brother tell her about the love of God? How must she change in order to see her son?

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

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

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

9. What is MacDonald's reply when the narrator asks him if all he has seen is false?

10. What creatures appear when the Bright Person blows the horn? What is their appearance?

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