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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 the Solid One tell the Well-Dressed Ghost he can't completely do?
(a) Kiss her.
(b) Heal her.
(c) Save her.
(d) Carry her.

2. What is on the table in Chapter 14?
(a) Cards.
(b) Gold.
(c) Candy.
(d) Chessmen.

3. What phrase does the Tragedian repeat several times?
(a) "Leaving me."
(b) "Wallowing in my own shame."
(c) "Crying for her."
(d) "Lying dead at my feet."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much was the Female Ghost's husband "pottering along" on when she met him?

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

3. What is notable about the Dwarf after the Lady kisses him?

4. What does MacDonald tell the narrator to call this land?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What happens when the ghost with the lizard allows the Bright Person to kill the lizard?

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

9. What do the two ghosts do when Sarah asks for forgiveness?

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

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