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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the surname of the family?
(a) Morrison.
(b) Kuhn.
(c) Frank.
(d) Carpenter.

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

3. What word best describes Buechner as a child?
(a) Bookworm.
(b) Studious.
(c) Rebel.
(d) Lazy.

4. Who takes Buechner to lunch?
(a) Potential employer.
(b) Friend.
(c) Minister.
(d) Mother.

5. Once Buechner arrives in the city, he learns that he cannot ______.
(a) Write.
(b) Function.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Teach.

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

7. What is Freddy's next job?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Spy.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Painter.

8. As Buechner ages, his perception of ______ changes.
(a) Family.
(b) God.
(c) Mystery.
(d) Reality.

9. Which of the following words best describes Buechner's early efforts?
(a) Promising.
(b) Terrible.
(c) Forthright.
(d) Trivial.

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

11. What word is used to describe Freddy at this point in his life?
(a) Nerd.
(b) Athletic.
(c) Backward.
(d) Gregarious.

12. The author states that ______ is often responsible for significant moments in one's life.
(a) Luck.
(b) Spontaneity.
(c) Coincidence.
(d) Happenstance.

13. In what year was Buechner's book published?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1956.

14. Where did Buechner go to college?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Yale.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Stanford.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Freddy refers to the woman's observations as being:

4. What did Buechner receive as he was preparing to leave for home?

5. A minister asks Buechner if he would consider working for the _____ of God and the Church.

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