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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. When was the liturgy used at Eric's funeral composed?
(a) Several years before Eric's death.
(b) A few weeks before Eric's death.
(c) A few days after Eric's death.
(d) A few months before Eric's death.

2. Where did Nicholas have to go to reclaim Eric's body?
(a) Karlsfeld.
(b) Ascheim.
(c) Kufstein.
(d) Alling.

3. How old was Eric when he died?
(a) 28.
(b) 25.
(c) 26.
(d) 21.

4. What did Eric spend much of one summer helping to rebuild?
(a) Fences.
(b) House of hurricane victims.
(c) Houses of tornado victims.
(d) Farm buildings.

5. In what subjects of study did Eric excel?
(a) English and history.
(b) Accounting and business.
(c) Physics and calculus.
(d) Science and math.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are some people gifted with when someone is suffering?

2. Who did Nicholas meet with after he returned from Europe?

3. What instruments were played at the funeral?

4. On Eric's way up the mountain, he passed a boulder with plaques listing the names of people who had died where he was going to climb. How many names were on the plaques?

5. How old does Nicholas think Eric might have been in a photo that shows him holding a fish longer than he was?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Eric's thesis to explore?

2. Why did Eric climb the mountain alone?

3. Why would Nicholas get angry with Eric?

4. In what way does the world look different to Nicholas after his son's death?

5. What does Nicholas say it is to be human?

6. Why does Nicholas say that the family took Eric for granted?

7. Why does Nicholas say that Eric's body was his to claim?

8. How did Nicholas feel at the graveside?

9. How does Nicholas say that he and the family can live as faithfully and authentically with Eric gone as they did when he was present?

10. What does Nicholas conclude when he asks himself if it matters that Eric's thesis was never finished?

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