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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. A minister asks Buechner if he would consider working for the _____ of God and the Church.
(a) Attention.
(b) Glory.
(c) Benefit.
(d) Celebration.

2. What is Freddy's next job?
(a) Painter.
(b) Spy.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Lawyer.

3. Where did Buechner go to college?
(a) Stanford.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Yale.
(d) Princeton.

4. Who does Buechner approach for money?
(a) Mother.
(b) Grandparents.
(c) Uncle.
(d) Brother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the town where Freddy was sent?

2. To which state was Freddy sent?

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

4. Which figure is often the focus of Freddy's early work?

5. Freddy refers to the woman's observations as being:

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Buechner's first book. What is the title? Who inspired the content? What is the main theme?

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

3. What happens to Freddy after he is discharged from the Army?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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