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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. In telling his father's story as a child, who does Teddy represent in this story?
2. Who tends to more publicly lose touch with themselves and with God, according to the author?
3. Three acts of God mentioned by the author that appear in scripture are the Exodus, the ___, and the entry into the Promised Land.
4. How old was the author when his father committed suicide?
5. The author's mother's motto, translated from French is, "you have to ____ in order to be beautiful."
Short Essay Questions
1. How do ministers lose touch with God?
2. How did the author's mother's aging affect her life?
3. How does the author describe his father's suicide?
4. What illness did the author's daughter have and how did it affect her?
5. Why/how does the author identify with one of the stained glass images?
6. How does the author describe God loving us, and loving his daughter?
7. How did author's mom respond to his fictionalized version of his father's death and how did her reaction to this fist telling affect the author's writing about the death later?
8. Why is the author telling his secrets?
9. How is the author's story, our story?
10. Why does the author write "The Wizard's Tide" and what differs in the book from his childhood memory of his father's death?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is the author's daughter sick? How did she get well? How did the increasing wellness of his daughter, help the author to realize that he was not well? How does the author explain what happens to someone who after being sick for so long is suddenly well? How does this new "freedom" affect them?
Essay Topic 2
The author taught on the east coast and in the mid-west. Explain his thoughts about each experience, using details from the book. Also, identify the major differences that existed between the two in regards to religious discussions, and the students he taught; and how these differences contributed to the author's experiences.
Essay Topic 3
The author wrote "Brendan" in 1987. How does the author describe Brendan the Navigator? Why does the author say he found another saint in reference to Brendan the Navigator? How does the author use this character and another to convey his belief that we are all crippled? Through Brendan what does the author offer as a solution to help those that are crippled?
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