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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 Andersons.
(c) The Guthries.
(d) The Kennedys.

2. What was Pam's husband's name?
(a) Andrew.
(b) Roy.
(c) Dick.
(d) James.

3. What is the name of the Solid Man who meets the Female Ghost looking for her son?
(a) Andrew.
(b) Johnathan.
(c) Reginald.
(d) Richard.

4. Where did Sarah live in her Earthly life?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Golders Green.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) London.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Tragedian Ghost wear?

2. What does the narrator suddenly see all around in Chapter 14?

3. What phrase does the Tragedian repeat several times?

4. What does MacDonald point out as no bigger than the portal which brought the bus to Heaven?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sarah do when the dwarf disappears?

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

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

4. Who does MacDonald say is the only Bright Person who can get into Hell? Why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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