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

2. How does Freddy feel when he hesitates about making the trip?
(a) Sorrowful.
(b) Annoyed.
(c) Selfish.
(d) Puzzled.

3. Which figure is often the focus of Freddy's early work?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Einstein.
(c) Cowardly Lion.
(d) Euclid.

4. What is the title of Buechner's first novel?
(a) Before the Storm.
(b) A Long Day's Dying,
(c) Once Upon a Time.
(d) In the Merry Old Land of Oz.

5. What major event colors the time period?
(a) Civil Rights movement.
(b) Racism.
(c) New Deal.
(d) War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Buechner puts off answering the person for how many minutes?

2. Freddy believed that looking at the _____ of things was easier.

3. What type of hat did grandpa wear?

4. Where did Buechner go to college?

5. What word does Buechner use to describe his lunch guest?

Short Essay Questions

1. Examine Freddy's new life in boarding school. How does Freddy relate to the other kids?

2. Examine the impact of the attack on Pearl Harbor as it affects the human spirit.

3. Once again the Buechners are faced with a family tragedy. What is the tragedy? How does it affect Freddy?

4. Discuss the influence of Mr. Martin on Freddy. What does Freddy learn from Martin? What step does Freddy take next?

5. What did the author do after developing this new curiosity about Jesus and salvation?

6. The story about Naya foreshadows an issue faced by Buechner in years to come. What is the issue? Why does it occur?

7. How does Buechner view the "beyond time" events that occur after he leaves Princeton?

8. What are some of Freddy's fear regarding his home life? What events take place to solidify those fears?

9. Why did Freddy move to New York? What occurred shortly after his arrival?

10. How is the friend situation resolved? What does Freddy learn from the experience?

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