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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. How old is Freddy at this time?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 10.
(d) 9.
2. What was the character's name?
(a) Captain.
(b) Rinkitink.
(c) Gulliver.
(d) Jane.
3. In later years, Freddy would come to like characters _____ of his childhood favorite.
(a) Reminiscent.
(b) In lieu.
(c) Complementary.
(d) Opposite.
4. What is Grandmother Buechner's first name?
(a) Louise.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Willa.
(d) Anna.
5. Which is a song often sung by the author's parents while they were out on car rides?
(a) 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall.
(b) Tea For Two.
(c) Me and My Shadow.
(d) Bibbity Bobbity Boo.
Short Answer Questions
1. What name does the author use when referring to paradise?
2. The clock on Buechner's wall was shaped like which of the following?
3. Mr. Buechner left which of the following in a book?
4. Buechner recalls that the empty house was as frail as _____.
5. This behavior may indicate which characteristic in Freddy?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the author's mind, how does a person leave an indelible mark on another's soul?
2. What was the purpose of writing a memoir at such a young age?
3. What situations have been faced by Grandma Buechner? What is the woman's personality?
4. How is the death of Freddy's father foreshadowed? How is it related to the rest of the author's life?
5. Discuss Freddy's favorite book as a child. Which character was Freddy's favorite?
6. How does Buechner refer to the exact moment when time begins to exist for him?
7. What is Freddy's opinion of his father?
8. What is the common thread between Freddy's sudden departure, his father's death and "Gone With The Wind?"
9. Discuss the duplicity of Freddy's father and how it affects the child.
10. What is the first sign that the world is not always a safe place for little Freddy?
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