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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 bombed Pearl Harbor?
(a) Japan.
(b) France.
(c) Russia.
(d) Germany.

2. What did Van and Davy worship as the holiest existence while in Hawaii?
(a) Creation.
(b) Beauty.
(c) God.
(d) Love.

3. What did Van and Davy do when they needed to make a decision?
(a) They acted on their first impulse.
(b) Read books.
(c) They made lists.
(d) They listened to music.

4. What does Van say staying in Kensington did for him?
(a) Made England real.
(b) Made him smarter.
(c) Made him work harder.
(d) Made him want to travel.

5. What was the weather like when Van and Davy married?
(a) Sunny.
(b) Rainy.
(c) Cloudy.
(d) Cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Davy and Van decide to get a sailboat?

2. What did Van and Davy call the "Grey Goose?"

3. Who did Van write for after the War?

4. What did C.S Lewis believe was pursuing Van?

5. What did Van see when he looked at his boyhood house for the first time since leaving it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Van and Davy do when they invited people over to their apartment near Oxford?

2. What did the shadow of the ship's masts in Hawaii make Van think of?

3. What did Van and Davy do as soon as the war ended?

4. Why did Davy and Van decide to live at sea?

5. What ground rules did Davy and Van create before getting married?

6. Why did Davy and Van sail to Oxford at the end of "The Shadow of a Tree?"

7. What was Davy's "sin picture?"

8. What was Davy and Van's wedding like?

9. How did Van react the first time he returns to Glenmerle?

10. What happened when Van and Davy started reading C.S. Lewis novels?

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