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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What unusual item did the family have in the house?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Barbecue pit.
(c) Tree.
(d) Roulette wheel.

2. What is the name of the poem used?
(a) Hyla Brook.
(b) Merry-Go-Round.
(c) The Road Less Taken.
(d) Fern Hill.

3. What word is used as a synonym for "boring?"
(a) Humdrum.
(b) Sleepily.
(c) Low-key.
(d) Helter-skelter.

4. Which memento is not mentioned by the author?
(a) Photos.
(b) Family bible.
(c) Letters.
(d) Home movies.

5. What is the name of the maid?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Rosa.
(c) Hilda.
(d) Frannie.

6. Mr. Buechner left which of the following in a book?
(a) Money.
(b) Note.
(c) Phone number.
(d) Bookmark.

7. This behavior may indicate which characteristic in Freddy?
(a) Impatience.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Fortitude.
(d) Humility.

8. What was the name of the book?
(a) Grapes of Wrath.
(b) Land of Oz.
(c) Old Man and the Sea.
(d) Gone With the Wind.

9. Buechner recalls the lectures that had taken place ____ years earlier.
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 3.

10. What name does the author use when referring to paradise?
(a) Dreamland.
(b) Shangri-la.
(c) Utopia.
(d) Eden.

11. Buechner refers to which one of his other books?
(a) Final Feast.
(b) A Long Day's Dying.
(c) The Alphabet of Grace.
(d) Lion Country.

12. Buechner recalls that the empty house was as frail as _____.
(a) Onion skins.
(b) Kleenex.
(c) Rose petals.
(d) Paper.

13. In later years, Freddy would come to like characters _____ of his childhood favorite.
(a) Reminiscent.
(b) In lieu.
(c) Opposite.
(d) Complementary.

14. A person's interaction with another leaves a long lasting mark on one's _____.
(a) Memory.
(b) Heart.
(c) Soul.
(d) Life.

15. How many children were there in Mr. Buechner's family?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author believes that a person's _____ will always change.

2. On what day of the week does this section begin?

3. How old is Freddy at this time?

4. Buechner's grandmother's house was located in which state?

5. What color was the sweater Mr. Buechner was wearing?

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