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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 66, what did a friend say he saw during Eric's funeral?
(a) Love.
(b) Joy.
(c) Faith.
(d) Peace.

2. On page 70, what passage of the Bible does Nicholas refer to as a lament in the context of a faith that endures?
(a) Revelation 21.
(b) Psalm 42.
(c) Jeremiah 33.
(d) Isaiah 40.

3. On page 56, what did a friend remark about grief?
(a) It isolates.
(b) It divides.
(c) It scores the soul.
(d) It separates.

4. Where was Jesus when he spoke words of comfort to his disciples?
(a) A hill in Galilee.
(b) A fishing boat on the Red Sea.
(c) Nazareth.
(d) Jerusalem.

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

6. Which of the following names is the name of one of Nicholas' children?
(a) David.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Amy.
(d) Katherine.

7. What were people hoisting when Nicholas went to the store?
(a) Containers of apples.
(b) Sacks of potatoes.
(c) Gallons of milk.
(d) Bags of flour.

8. Who wrote a book that angered Nicholas?
(a) A father whose son died in a skiing accident.
(b) A mother whose son died in a boating accident.
(c) A mother whose son died in an industrial accident.
(d) A father whose son died in a mountaineering accident.

9. Who does Nicholas say is the man of sorrows?
(a) Jesus Christ.
(b) Jeremiah.
(c) God Himself.
(d) Isaiah.

10. What were people squeezing at the store when Nicholas was shopping?
(a) Pears.
(b) Watermelons.
(c) Melons.
(d) Pomegranates.

11. What is a soul that pants for God compared to in a scripture passage that Nicholas quotes on page 71?
(a) A boy mowing the lawn on a hot day.
(b) A deer panting for streams of water.
(c) A person lost in the desert wanting a drink.
(d) A runner desperate for a drink of water.

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

13. To have an authentic life, whom must one become more like?
(a) God.
(b) A little child.
(c) One of the sorrowing.
(d) Jesus Christ.

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

15. What nations does Nicholas mention when he thinks about what it would be like to be a member of a people whose national existence is under attack?
(a) Armenians, Jews, and Palestinians.
(b) Iraqis and Iranians.
(c) Russians and Iranians.
(d) Sudan, Pakistan, and India.

Short Answer Questions

1. What music of Brahms does Nicholas try to play?

2. Instead of overcoming, what has Nicholas learned to do with the unpleasant things in his life?

3. What author, in writing about the death of his wife was plainly angry with God?

4. 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?

5. What mountain peak does Nicholas mention after discussing his dream on page 50?

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