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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A person's interaction with another leaves a long lasting mark on one's _____.
(a) Soul.
(b) Life.
(c) Heart.
(d) Memory.

2. Buechner recalls the lectures that had taken place ____ years earlier.
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

3. Freddy named the ____ as his favorite character.
(a) King.
(b) Munchkin.
(c) Prince.
(d) Pauper.

4. Buechner talks about the cold weather they faced while driving through which mountain range?
(a) Poconos.
(b) Alleghenies.
(c) Rockies.
(d) Catskills.

5. What was the name of Freddy's nurse?
(a) Taylor.
(b) Bert.
(c) Harris.
(d) Parker.

6. How did Mr. Buechner die?
(a) Drowned.
(b) Car accident.
(c) Stabbed.
(d) Suicide.

7. Which is a song often sung by the author's parents while they were out on car rides?
(a) Me and My Shadow.
(b) Bibbity Bobbity Boo.
(c) Tea For Two.
(d) 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall.

8. Buechner also believes that the _____ continue to change.
(a) Steadfast.
(b) Seasons.
(c) Dead.
(d) Stubborn.

9. The author uses the poem to refer to the _____ of one's early childhood.
(a) Mentality.
(b) Innocence.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Habits.

10. What word is used as a synonym for "boring?"
(a) Helter-skelter.
(b) Sleepily.
(c) Low-key.
(d) Humdrum.

11. What color were the slacks Mr. Buechner was wearing?
(a) Blue.
(b) Gray.
(c) Navy.
(d) Black.

12. Buechner says the voice of the man downstairs was fruity and _____.
(a) Hollow.
(b) Flowery.
(c) Sharp.
(d) Quiet.

13. Buechner often told people his father died from which of the following?
(a) Mugging.
(b) War wounds.
(c) Heart trouble.
(d) Stroke.

14. Buechner refers to which one of his other books?
(a) Lion Country.
(b) The Alphabet of Grace.
(c) A Long Day's Dying.
(d) Final Feast.

15. Everyone should be conscious of what the ____ is/are trying to tell us.
(a) Heart.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Dead.
(d) Elements.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the character's name?

2. In which industry did the Buechners make their money?

3. Buechner feels which emotion regarding his grandmother's future?

4. What unusual item did the family have in the house?

5. What issue causes the Buechner family to move a lot?

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