View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author's maternal grandmother was half old ____ and and half French-Swiss.

2. The author dreamed about a hotel where the desk clerk told him the name of the room to which he wanted to return is called what?

3. Which island shop had ceiling fans?

4. How many years after college graduation was the author ordained as a minister?

5. What did Knights of the Order of the Bath keep an all night vigil over the day before a king's coronation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What dream did the author have about a hotel?

2. Why does the author go to Bermuda as a child?

3. Why did the author like having Dudley Knott as a friend?

4. How did the author's kids connect him with the outside world when they were small?

5. Who goes to Bermuda with the author when he is a child and how does he describe their arrival in Bermuda?

6. What did trying to help his daughter reveal to the author about his emotional state?

7. What events from the author's life most fit the title for Part Two of "Telling Secrets?"

8. How does the author connect his feelings to what he describes about the Tower in London?

9. How did the author feel about his kids once they were older and how did this affect his life once they left home as adults?

10. What differences did the author write about among Union students as well as what they all shared?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Part Two of the book, the author talks about the "mystery" of Genesis 1:26-27. What is the "mystery" and how does this relate to what the author calls our deepest, original self? What happens to this original self after the world "does its work?" What does the author mean when he talks about the weather of the world, hats and coats, and "all our other selves?"

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

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 852 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample