View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subject is the focus of the teacher's class?
(a) Science.
(b) English.
(c) Civics.
(d) Math.

2. What type of hat did grandpa wear?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Straw.
(c) Bowler.
(d) Baseball.

3. What was the surname of the family?
(a) Morrison.
(b) Kuhn.
(c) Frank.
(d) Carpenter.

4. The author states that ______ is often responsible for significant moments in one's life.
(a) Coincidence.
(b) Luck.
(c) Happenstance.
(d) Spontaneity.

5. What word does Buechner use to describe his lunch guest?
(a) Wimpy.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Sardonic.
(d) Forthright.

Short Answer Questions

1. A minister asks Buechner if he would consider working for the _____ of God and the Church.

2. How does the benefactor die?

3. The family had retired from which city?

4. Buechner is asked if he has ever considered using his _____ for a higher purpose.

5. Potentially significant events often hide themselves in _____.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Freddy's next step in finding answers to this new predicament?

3. Discuss the situation between Freddy and the minister. What was the purpose of the meeting?

4. How does Freddy compare Oz to a higher power?

5. What area does Freddy explore first? What is the result of the effort?

6. How does religion begin to creep into Freddy's work? What comparisons are made to other works of art?

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

8. Explain what Buechner means by the phrase "beyond time."

9. What is Freddy's financial situation? What does he do about it?

10. Examine Freddy's experience at the monastery. Did it turn out as planned?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 952 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample