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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. Which of the following is not one of the things that could flatten the house in seconds?
(a) Fear.
(b) Hurt.
(c) Anger.
(d) Darkness.

2. Which person of great wealth is mentioned in the story?
(a) Bill Gates.
(b) King Croesus.
(c) King Midas.
(d) Donald Trump.

3. Buechner gave a series of lectures at which prestigious school?
(a) Yale.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Harvard.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is used to describe the character?

2. Buechner recalls that the empty house was as frail as _____.

3. Which of these things is not mentioned as being absent from paradise?

4. How old is Freddy when he begins to write his memoir?

5. What was Freddy's favorite place to visit as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Freddy's opinion regarding the memories of the dead?

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

3. What are Buechner's thoughts regarding adulthood and emotional maturity?

4. What is the common thread between Freddy's sudden departure, his father's death and "Gone With The Wind?"

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

6. What is Buechner's advice to his readers?

7. Discuss Freddy's favorite book as a child. Which character was Freddy's favorite?

8. How does Freddy's dependency upon his parents affect him in a negative way?

9. What situations have been faced by Grandma Buechner? What is the woman's personality?

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

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