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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What place did the author see as an act of God in his life that he paralleled to the entry into the Promised Land?
(a) Vermont.
(b) Illinois.
(c) California.
(d) Bermuda.

2. In the room in which the author writes, how many pieces of stained glass sit in his windows?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

3. In describing what he learned after his father's death, what does the author consider a means of grace?
(a) Patience.
(b) Tragedy.
(c) Change.
(d) Faith.

4. What is the title of the book the author wrote to tell the story of his father to a child?
(a) Ansel Gibbs.
(b) The Wizard's Tide.
(c) The Last Battle.
(d) Now and Then.

5. Losing track of our "____," according to the author, means being impoverished humanly and spiritually.
(a) Feelings.
(b) Faith.
(c) Stories.
(d) Memories.

6. How many failed marriages did the author's mother have after his father died?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

7. In "The Last Battle", who stoops and touches the dwarves with his tongue?
(a) Bean.
(b) Godric.
(c) Aslan.
(d) Teddy.

8. In complaining about her looks, what did the author's mother say "don't fit?"
(a) Teeth.
(b) Wig.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Glasses.

9. In "Godric" what is the name of the father of the title character?
(a) Aedlward.
(b) Bean.
(c) Aslan.
(d) Teddy.

10. The author describes his sick daughter's behavior as a way of striking out to be what?
(a) Healed.
(b) Heard.
(c) Free.
(d) In control.

11. What condition made it almost impossible for the author's mom to walk during her last year of life?
(a) Severely bowed-legs.
(b) Fractured foot.
(c) Amputation.
(d) Arthritic knees.

12. According to the author, what is the doorway to healing and forgiveness?
(a) Love.
(b) Faith.
(c) Memory.
(d) Communciation.

13. What was the name of the woman who came nights but according to the author's mother was late because of the subway?
(a) Yvonne.
(b) Mary.
(c) Evelyn.
(d) Margie.

14. In the Introduction, who does the author quote regarding the definition for "story" versus "plot?"
(a) Himself.
(b) C.S. Lewis.
(c) E.M. Forster.
(d) R. Kipling

15. What did the author's mother use when she "struck to kill?"
(a) Book.
(b) Cane.
(c) Tongue.
(d) Chair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "The Last Battle?"

2. To the author's mother, being beautiful was her ______.

3. After his father's suicide, where did the author's mom move the family?

4. Who refers to themselves as the "last rose of summer?"

5. How old was the author when his mother made him feel like a traitor for writing the fictionalized "Ansel Gibbs" about his father's death?

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