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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Buechner go for basic training?
(a) Kansas.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Alabama.
(d) California.

2. In what town does Freddy work?
(a) Boone.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Lawrenceville.
(d) Tryon.

3. Frederick also states that looking into the depths of a subject was often _____.
(a) Painful.
(b) Futile.
(c) Hopeless.
(d) Scary.

4. Freddy believed that looking at the _____ of things was easier.
(a) Effect.
(b) Cause.
(c) Foundation.
(d) Surface.

5. Which vow have the members of the group taken?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Chastity.
(c) Silence.
(d) Fidelity.

6. What was the first name of the woman?
(a) Naya.
(b) Betty.
(c) Willie.
(d) Nanny.

7. How does the benefactor die?
(a) Car accident.
(b) Struck by lightning.
(c) Stroke.
(d) Suicide.

8. Buechner is asked if he has ever considered using his _____ for a higher purpose.
(a) Objectivity.
(b) Writings.
(c) Wit.
(d) Experiences.

9. The family had retired from which city?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Pittsburgh.
(c) Houston.
(d) Los Angeles.

10. Buechner also believes that there are hidden _____ to be found.
(a) Treasures.
(b) Meanings.
(c) Lessons.
(d) Gifts.

11. The enemy is referred to as being ______.
(a) Evil Incarnate.
(b) Satan's doing.
(c) Presumptuous.
(d) Weak and worthless.

12. What had happened to the person's family members?
(a) Car accident.
(b) Terrorist attack.
(c) New baby.
(d) Shooting.

13. Who was Buechner having dinner with when he received the phone call?
(a) Minister.
(b) Girlfriend.
(c) Brother.
(d) Mother.

14. Buechner begins to notice the ____ in each person's life.
(a) Joy.
(b) Goodness.
(c) Doubt.
(d) Pain.

15. What type of weather must Buechner face against his will?
(a) Rain.
(b) Ice.
(c) Hurricane.
(d) Extreme heat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major event colors the time period?

2. Where does Buechner travel to ask for the favor?

3. Which of the following terms does Buechner use to describe forthcoming events?

4. Buechner's work does not talk of the fear of death but rather the ____ of it.

5. Buechner's main goal of the trip was to speak to a particularly wise ____.

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