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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. Buechner talks about the cold weather they faced while driving through which mountain range?
(a) Rockies.
(b) Poconos.
(c) Alleghenies.
(d) Catskills.

2. In which industry did the Buechners make their money?
(a) Breweries.
(b) Stock market.
(c) Laundries.
(d) Sweeper sales.

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

4. Freddy claims that _______ the moment he learned of his father's death.
(a) His childhood ended.
(b) His heart broke.
(c) His ideals changed.
(d) The earth stopped.

5. Freddy compared the island to which of the following?
(a) Moon.
(b) Mars.
(c) Oz.
(d) Grandmother's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the maid?

2. What is the nickname for Buechner's brother?

3. The clock on Buechner's wall was shaped like which of the following?

4. Buechner believes that the meaning of life can come to us through which of the following?

5. Buechner also believes that the _____ continue to change.

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Freddy's stay in Bermuda. Why did the family have to leave?

2. Explain the nomadic behavior of the Buechner family when Freddy was a child.

3. Discuss the reference Buechner makes to Dylan Thomas. Which poem is mentioned? What is the theme explored by Buechner?

4. What is Freddy's opinion of his father?

5. How does the lack of a permanent home affect the author?

6. Who is Mrs. Taylor? What was her relationship to Freddy?

7. In the author's mind, how does a person leave an indelible mark on another's soul?

8. Why does Buechner use Eden as a reference? How does it relate to the way people see the world? What is the main difference between the views of adults and children?

9. How is the death of Freddy's father foreshadowed? How is it related to the rest of the author's life?

10. What came out of this experience regarding the noise in a person's every day life?

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