A Severe Mercy

Sheldon Vanauken's A Severe Mercy is the story he tells upon reflection of the love he had with Jean Davis, or Davy as she would come to be called, and the evolution they experienced both as _____.

• a couple in love and as individuals
• American who chose to become British citizens
• Christians who later renounced God
• teenagers at college and later on the mission field

A Severe Mercy is, as much as it is the story of their love, the story of their coming to know and love_____.

• Christianity and its Jesus
• the African people
• learning about science from a Christian persepctive
• the freedom of flying and traveling the world

Sheldon Vanauken and Jean Davis meet in their late _____ and are immediately close.

• teens
• twenties
• thirties
• college years

Sheldon Vanauken and Jean Davis sit engrossed in _____ for hours at a time, and eventually their _____ moves to what their lives would be like if they were to marry.

• conversation
• debate
• argument
• writing

Sheldon Vanauken and Jean Davis imagine a life of total sharing, centered on _____.

• all the beautiful things they love, like poetry, literature, the sea, good company, and art
• Christ
• exploring the world on a boat visiting each continent at least once
• teaching children not only to read and writing but also teaching their own children classic literature

Sheldon Vanauken and Jean Davis are also called

• Van and Davy
• Sheldon and Jean
• Don and Jeanie
• SV and JD

Eventually, Van and Davy secretly _____, and spend a happy summer living at the estate where Van grew up, establishing the memories that would be the folklore of their love.

• marry
• run away
• buy a boat
• buy a small home

World War II comes and calls Van away from Glenmerle to _____, and fortune allows Davy and he to remain there throughout the war.

• Hawaii
• Great Britain
• Indonesia
• New York City

There is a moment in that era when Van reconsiders the question of _____ as a valid faith, since so many intelligent and educated people swore so adamantly by it, and another in which the two realize the ease with which they could be separated from each other forever.

• Christianity
• Islam
• paganism
• atheism

Following Hawaii, there is the time they spent living on a ______ and realizing a long-held and hard-attained dream of theirs. They explore the Florida Keys and all the ocean surrounding while Van writes for a yachting magazine.

• sailboat
• yacht
• cruise ship
• island