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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. Buechner's main goal of the trip was to speak to a particularly wise ____.
(a) Sherpa.
(b) Dalai Lama.
(c) Monk.
(d) Nun.

2. Mrs. Buechner decided that it was time for Freddy to go to ______.
(a) Summer camp.
(b) Boarding school.
(c) The Army.
(d) College.

3. Buechner says that the characters are dying from all but which of the following:
(a) Old age.
(b) Sterility.
(c) Emptiness.
(d) Self-absorption.

4. There is a place that is even more ____ than the Land of Oz.
(a) Sacred.
(b) Mystical.
(c) Peculiar.
(d) Enchanting.

5. Frederick also states that looking into the depths of a subject was often _____.
(a) Painful.
(b) Scary.
(c) Hopeless.
(d) Futile.

Short Answer Questions

1. It does not take the author long to realize that ___ is empty.

2. Significant events can be related to which of the following?

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

4. What is the occupation of Freddy's old school friend?

5. In which state did the family live?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Freddy view Naya? What do the woman and the boy have in common? What is special about the woman?

2. What positive event occurred at the end of the weekend at the monastery?

3. What new goal does Freddy set at this time? What is the main hindrance to the goal?

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

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

8. How does the movement into adulthood help Freddy to understand that there are significant moments in one's life?

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

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

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