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

2. What does the narrator suddenly see all around in Chapter 14?
(a) Giant forms.
(b) Angels.
(c) Bears.
(d) Lions.

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

4. What does MacDonald tell the narrator he's been doing all this time in Chapter 14?
(a) Living.
(b) Dying.
(c) Crying.
(d) Dreaming.

5. What did Frank torment Sarah with in their earthly life?
(a) His misery.
(b) His rage.
(c) His hatred.
(d) His love.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the Solid Person remind Pam that her son was at first?

4. What is the name of the son whom the Female Ghost is longing to see?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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 the Tragedian do that makes the dwarf get smaller? What does Sarah say about this?

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

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

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

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

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