Chapter 4 1. Who does the Big Man meet? Len 2. Why is the Big Man angry? He believes he deserves to be in Heaven 3. What does he say that he wants? His rights 4. What does Len say... Chapter 4 1. Who does the Big Man meet? Len 2. Why is the Big Man angry? He believes he deserves to be in Heaven 3. What does he say that he wants? His rights 4. What does Len say about this? None of them got their rights 5. What does Len encourage him to do? To ask for grace 6. How does the Big Man then respond? He doesn't want to, and he believes it's best to return 7. What does the Big Man finally decide to do and why? To stay in Gray Town, because he likes to be treated as a superior Chapter 5 8. How did the cultured Ghost and Dick know each other in their previous lives on Earth? They were both professors who studied the Bible 9. Why does Dick say that his friend was sent to Gray Town? He was an apostate and committed sins of intellect 10. What was the subject of the ghost's ''famous sermon'' that concerned Dick so much? Resurrection of Christ, denying it 11. What simple instructions does Dick give to the ghost, so that he will be able to join him in heaven? To repent and believe 12. What does the Cultured Ghost say about the truth? Truth is relative 13. What does Dick mean when he tells his friend to ''become that child again, even now''? To be innocence Chapter 6 14. Who is the major character in this chapter? Ikey 15. What happens when he picks up the apple? A water giant says you can’t take Heavenly things to Hell 16. What does the character finally decide to do and why? To return to Gray Town 17. What biblical allusion is Lewis making with the capitalized ''T'' in Tree? The Tree of Knowledge from the Garden of Eden 18. What point(s) is Lewis trying to make in this chapter? Free-will and responsibility Chapter 7 19. How would you describe the ‘’Hard-Bitten ‘’ ghost in one word? Sinical 20. What hard things had this ghost given up on in his life on Earth? The idea of genuine connection 21. What does Lewis point out about the danger of such pessimism? Stops you from transforming and hope Chapter 8 22. How does the Well-Dressed Ghost feel about her life on Earth? Regretful and unfulfilled 23. What metaphor does the Spirit use to talk about shame? A drink too hot to touch but slowly we’re able to drink it 24. According to the Spirit, what sin keeps the Well-Dressed ghost unable to accept grace? Pride Chapter 9 25. How is the character George MacDonald described? Kind, wide, compassionate and insightful 26. How does George MacDonald describe the bus stop? Where else does he say that people in Hell can visit? The people have a chance to go to Heaven and can visit earth 27. What does the Famous Painter Ghost want to do on his ‘’excursion’’? Why does his Spirit companion say that it is pointless? He wants to paint Heaven, but he should only look at it 28. What does the Spirit say about famous people in heaven? No famous people in heaven cause God sees all the same 29. Eventually, what is revealed to be the painter’s true motivation behind his art? Fame Chapter 10 30. According to the Bright Woman, Hilda, what is the true reason that Robert’s wife is separated from her husband? She could not forgive 31. Describe the wife’s attitude towards her husband. Nagging and controlling 32. What is her main complaint about her life in Hell? Has nobody to control 33. What does the wife want now? Her husband to control Chapter 11 34. How are Pam, the Mother ghost, and her Spirit companion related? Siblings 35. What is the reason that the Spirit gives that her son, Michael, is not there? He hasn’t thickened up 36. What relationship does the Spirit tell Pam is older and closer than a mother-son relationship? Her and God 37. What does Pam's desire to be with her son at all costs tell us about her character? Puts herself higher than God 38. How does Pam treat the events of the past? Doesn’t want to admit she’s wrong Chapters 12-13 39. Who is being honored by the singing procession of angels? Sarah Smith 40. Which of the two ghosts seem to be in control? The tragedian 41. What does Sarah say about ‘’being in love’’, now that she is in heaven? Earthly love is incomplete 42. How is Frank’s chain described? A deathline 43. How does Frank try to ‘’use’’ pity? Tries to make Sarah feel bad 44. What is revealed about the nature of Frank and Sarah’s past relationship? They were married 45. What idea is Lewis trying to convey by having the Tragedian and the leash control Frank? Selfish desires can and will hold us back from receiving true love Chapter 14 46. At this point, what objects are used to represent people and their natures on the silver table of Time? Chest pieces 47. What is revealed about the nature/reality of the narrator’s journey to Heaven and Hell? It’s a dream 48. Where is he when he wakes up? In a study 49. What does he hear overhead in his final sentence? Why do you think Lewis chooses to end the book like this? A siren, because of danger and ongoing of the broken world. Read more