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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What types of days can Nicholas, on page 61, say he can manage?
(a) Extraordinary.
(b) Ordinary.
(c) Work days.
(d) Routine.

2. What do some vainly think will be overcome by some technology?
(a) Evil.
(b) Greed.
(c) Sin.
(d) Death.

3. What does Nicholas say that he does now instead of rowing?
(a) He floats.
(b) He runs.
(c) He walks.
(d) He swims.

4. What metaphor does Nicholas use on page 76 to refer to faith?
(a) A sidewalk.
(b) A footbridge.
(c) A path.
(d) A covered walk.

5. How long does Nicholas say it took to create the world?
(a) Six days.
(b) Billions of years.
(c) A week.
(d) A million years.

6. What will happen to him who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow?
(a) He will return with corn and a joyful heart.
(b) He will return with songs of joy carrying sheaves.
(c) He will return with bushels of grain and a faithful heart.
(d) He will return with weeping and gnashing of teeth.

7. In the image that Nicholas talks about seeing on page 60, who does he see dead?
(a) Claire.
(b) His father.
(c) Amy.
(d) Eric.

8. What specific date does Nicholas say is one of the worst days?
(a) January 31.
(b) April 30.
(c) March 31.
(d) February 28.

9. On page 85, who does Nicholas say are the mourners?
(a) Those who have found joy in God.
(b) Those who have identified themselves with Jesus Christ.
(c) Those who have caught a glimpse of God's new day.
(d) Those who see beyond sorrow.

10. In one respect, how does man mirror God?
(a) In our knowledge.
(b) In faith.
(c) In death.
(d) In happiness.

11. What were people putting into baskets when Nicholas walked into a store?
(a) Broccoli.
(b) Carrots.
(c) Celery.
(d) Onions.

12. How many children did Nicholas have?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

13. What histories are written about the odyssey of humanity on earth?
(a) The story of those who are persecuted.
(b) The story of the exulting ones.
(c) The story of those who are defeated.
(d) The story of those who have suffered.

14. How do the Biblical writers describe mankind?
(a) A little lower than the angels.
(b) Made in the image of God.
(c) Deceitful and desperately wicked.
(d) Sinful and lost.

15. Where is it written "Why do you permit yourself to suffer, O God? If the death of the devout costs you dear, why do you permit it?"
(a) Psalm 1:12.
(b) Psalm 120:18.
(c) Psalm 116:15.
(d) Psalm 119:110.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following names is the name of one of Nicholas' children?

2. When Nicholas mentions stories written about humanity's odyssey on earth, what is one story he mentions?

3. Who wrote a book that angered Nicholas?

4. What were people squeezing at the store when Nicholas was shopping?

5. On page 66, a friend mentions to Nicholas that the message of a book in the Bible is the endurance of faith. What book of the Bible has this theme?

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