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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what length would the author have gone if it could have cured H.'s cancer?
(a) Died in her place.
(b) Become a priest.
(c) Turned his back on God.
(d) Never seen her again.

2. What does the author say cannot compare with physical pain?
(a) Death.
(b) Grief.
(c) Fear.
(d) Loneliness.

3. Of what emotion does grief remind the author?
(a) Fear.
(b) Gratitude.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Acceptance.

4. When does the author claim he is at his worst?
(a) When he's not thinking about H.
(b) When he goes to bed.
(c) When he can think about nothing but H.
(d) When he is lazy.

5. What did the author's friends call him?
(a) Jack.
(b) C. S.
(c) Clive.
(d) Clive Staples.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease took both of the author's parents?

2. In the second chapter, what does the author reason God must do if He hurts people so in this life?

3. In what way does the author crave to be touched by H.?

4. In what sense does the author agree that H. is with God, as some friends say?

5. What is the "state" of heaven, according to the author?

(see the answer key)

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