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The Shack by WM Paul Young
1: What is the object Missy's killer leaves behind?
a caterpillar pin
a butterfly pin
a ladybug pin
a spider pin
2: What is happening that causes Mack to be distracted and not see Missy's killer grab her?
She is running away from the picnic table.
Her siblings are swimming in the lake.
Her father goes to save her siblings after they flip in a canoe.
The neighbor comes over to color with her.
3: What is on the floor of the Shack?
flowers and a letter
a lamp and a knife
a cup of coffee and a letter
Missy's blood-stained dress
4: Who is most often found in the Shack?
Papa
Sarayu
Jesus
Wisdom
5: What does the garden where Mack works with Sarayu most accurately represent?
a burial place
Sarayu's spirit
Mack's heart and soul
Papa's beauty
6: Who does Mack first meet in the cave when he walks "through" the wall?
Missy
Papa
Wisdom
his family
7: What does Mack need in his time in the cave?
He needs to understand that Missy's death did not occur because of God's neglect.
He needs to understand that he will live forever with that pain.
He needs to understand that while God's heart is to rescue and not to afflict, sometimes He cannot stop everything.
He needs to understand how Missy died.
He needs to understand why God let her die.
8: Which idea best expresses why God chose to appear as a black woman?
Mack does not connect with women in general, and she is trying to challenge his idea of male and female relationships.
He expected to see an old man with white hair and she just wanted to surprise him and catch him off guard.
Mack's perspective expectation of a "father" would have kept him distant from "Papa" had he more closely resembled his earthly idea of a father.
God is just being weird.
9: Jesus had to limit himself and be ______________ so that we could learn to be that way as well.
Holy
human
dependent
disconnected
10: The writer uses _____________________ to illustrate when we live as if we are unloved.
walking on water
a bird's clipped wings
a beautiful garden
the cave with Missy's body
11: One of Mack's greatest trials while hiking to find Missy's body was. . .
forgiving her killer
forgiving himself
forgiving God
forgiving Nan
12: When Mack sees his Father, he begins to experience. . .
joy again
sorrow
longing
healing
13: In the book, it talks about how men find fulfillment in __________ and women find fulfillment in _________.
love...money
success...respect
achievement...relationships
jobs...children
14: What do the "colors changing" represent when Mack sees all of the men, women, and children?
expressions of love and family
expressions of emotion and identity
expressions of memories and feelings
expressions of thoughts and experiences
15: When God says "[He] can work 'incredible good out of unspeakable tragedies,' " what does that mean?
he plans all events
he changes the outcome
he plans bad to use it for good
he redeems all that is bad
16: Who is Papa especially found of?
Mack
Missy
Jesus
Nan
the correct answer is not listed
17: Where is Missy's body finally buried by Mack?
in the Shack
in the cave
in his heart
next to the lake
18: What did Sarayu put on Missy's burial?
Missy's cave stone
Missy's dress
Mack's tears
Mack's letter
19: What was wrong with Missy's sister?
she blamed her dad for the death
she was too sad about Missy's death that she could not talk about it
she decided that she could never go back to that place because of what happened
she would not talk to her brother because of what happened
she blamed herself for Missy's death
20: Where did Mack wake up?
in the Shack surrounded by family
in the hospital surrounded by family
at home in his easy chair surrounded by family
21: Who wrote the very beginning and very end of the story?
Mack
Sarayu
Nan
Willie
Papa
Jesus