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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. Where is the one place that Freddy feels most at home?
(a) School.
(b) Woods.
(c) Grandmother's house.
(d) Church.
2. What was the character's name?
(a) Gulliver.
(b) Jane.
(c) Captain.
(d) Rinkitink.
3. The author refers to the moves that took place during which time period?
(a) Post-War America.
(b) Watergate era.
(c) The New Deal.
(d) Great Depression.
4. Which world leader is mentioned in this section of the book?
(a) JFK.
(b) Churchill.
(c) Hitler.
(d) FDR.
5. How old was Buechner on his first date with a girl?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.
Short Answer Questions
1. Freddy claims that _______ the moment he learned of his father's death.
2. What movie did the kids see?
3. Which of these things is not mentioned as being absent from paradise?
4. Buechner also believes that the _____ continue to change.
5. Buechner's grandmother's house was located in which state?
Short Essay Questions
1. Examine the author's tale of the suppression of grief following his father's death. How does the family run away from the situation?
2. What is Freddy's opinion of his father?
3. Discuss Freddy's favorite book as a child. Which character was Freddy's favorite?
4. Discuss the presence of Grandma Buechner. How close is the family to the grandmother?
5. Explain the nomadic behavior of the Buechner family when Freddy was a child.
6. What situations have been faced by Grandma Buechner? What is the woman's personality?
7. How does Freddy's dependency upon his parents affect him in a negative way?
8. What was the purpose of writing a memoir at such a young age?
9. How does Buechner refer to the exact moment when time begins to exist for him?
10. Describe Buechner's experience during the morning when he was attempting to ignore the sound of the carpenters working in the house.
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