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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 say "isn't enough" among mortals?
(a) Joy.
(b) Peace.
(c) God.
(d) Love.

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

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

4. What creature is on the shoulder of the Ghost in the forest?
(a) A bird.
(b) A gnome.
(c) A frog.
(d) A lizard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Robert could not work more than how many hours a day?

2. According to MacDonald there are some who are so occupied with the spreading of Christianity they take no regard for ______ .

3. What does MacDonald say that Heaven is?

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

5. What is on the table in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are the approaching lights the narrator sees in Chapter 12? What are they doing? What is the song like that he hears?

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

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

7. How does MacDonald explain the size of Hell to the narrator?

8. What analogy does the narrator conclude about the figures and the table in Chapter 14?

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

10. What does Sarah do when the dwarf disappears?

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