Q 01/05

In The Shack, how is the note in Mack's mailbox signed, using the name his wife Nan gives to God?

A) Abba

B) Papa

C) Pops

D) Daddy

Answer · why

B) Papa

Papa is the affectionate name Nan uses for God, and the note invites Mack to spend the weekend at the shack where his daughter's bloodied clothing was...

Q 02/05

Which Oscar winner for The Help plays God the Father in the 2017 film adaptation of The Shack?

A) Viola Davis

B) Whoopi Goldberg

C) Taraji P. Henson

D) Octavia Spencer

Answer · why

D) Octavia Spencer

Octavia Spencer plays God as a warm host who bakes and cooks for Mack, a casting choice that some evangelical critics attacked before the film had eve...

Q 03/05

Which horror author wrote a 2010 novella in which a husband recommends The Shack to his wife?

A) Stephen King

B) Dean Koontz

C) Peter Straub

D) Clive Barker

Answer · why

A) Stephen King

Stephen King put the reference in A Good Marriage, the final novella of Full Dark, No Stars, whose protagonist recalls her husband urging the bestsell...

Q 04/05

Which country music star plays Willie, Mack's friend, in the 2017 film version of The Shack?

A) Tim McGraw

B) Keith Urban

C) Blake Shelton

D) Trace Adkins

Answer · why

A) Tim McGraw

Tim McGraw also recorded a new duet with his wife, Faith Hill, for the film's soundtrack, which mixes country acts with contemporary Christian ones.

Q 05/05

Which Australian actor plays the grieving father Mack Phillips in the 2017 film The Shack?

A) Chris Hemsworth

B) Joel Edgerton

C) Sam Worthington

D) Eric Bana

Answer · why

C) Sam Worthington

Sam Worthington acts opposite a fellow Australian, Radha Mitchell, who plays Mack's devoutly religious wife Nan.