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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. Who is an example of what natural affection turns to in the end if it will not be converted?
(a) The Browns.
(b) The Guthries.
(c) The Kennedys.
(d) The Andersons.

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

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

4. According to MacDonald there are some who are so occupied with the spreading of Christianity they take no regard for ______ .
(a) Love.
(b) Christ.
(c) Hope.
(d) Faith.

5. What does the narrator wonder that the whole trip of the Ghosts might be for in Chapter 8?
(a) To cherish them.
(b) To mock them.
(c) To save them.
(d) To torture them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Tragedian accuse Sarah of doing to him?

2. What does Sarah tell the Tragedian he cannot bring into her?

3. What does the Female Ghost say that Robert was when hosting parties?

4. What does the narrator say the Dwarf struggles with terribly?

5. What does the Well-Dressed Ghost say she would rather do than be seen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does MacDonald explain Heaven, Hell and Purgatory to the narrator?

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

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

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

7. Why does the narrator begin to feel unsafe in this place after his encounter with the Hard-Bitten Ghost? What does he hide from?

8. What does Sarah do when the dwarf disappears?

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

10. Why is the Well-Dressed Ghost fearful of going into the mountains with the Bright People?

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