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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Davy first caught Van's attention?

2. Where did Van and Davy live while the Grey Goose was being built?

3. What did C.S. Lewis say about religions born in jungles?

4. What did Van's dinner group in England do?

5. Why did C.S. Lewis say he started researching Christianity?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Van write in "The Sands?"

2. Why did C.S. Lewis say he favors Christianity to other world religions?

3. What did Lewis say in his letters about the simplification of religions?

4. How did Davy and Van protect themselves from "creeping separateness?"

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

6. How did C.S. Lewis compare himself to Van in his letters?

7. How did Van say spending a year in Kensington changed him?

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

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

10. Why did Van and Davy choose to attend St. Ebbe's?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the theme of time as it is presented in the book. What lesson is provided by examining time in the text?

Essay Topic 2

How is faith a theme in this book? How does faith affect the characters and the plot? What is the author's message about faith?

Essay Topic 3

What is the role of intellectual communities in this book? How are they formed? What do they do? How do these communities affect the individuals and their story?

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