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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The White Tower.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "The Power and the Glory" dealt with what country in the 1930s?
(a) United States.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Japan.
(d) Mexico.

2. The author's sick daughter was more afraid of what than death?
(a) Gaining weight.
(b) Being rejected.
(c) Coming home.
(d) Being hospitalized.

3. "For the last ____ years" of her life, the author's mother saw almost no one except immediate family.
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

4. What is the Little Ease?
(a) A chapel.
(b) A throne room.
(c) A palace.
(d) A dungeon.

5. According to the author, what is the doorway to healing and forgiveness?
(a) Communciation.
(b) Faith.
(c) Memory.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on the second floor of the White Tower?

2. What is the title of the book written by Kahlil Gibran that is on the table next to the chaise lounge in the author's mother's room?

3. At theological seminary who became the author's father and brother in Christ?

4. In the Introduction, who does the author quote regarding the definition for "story" versus "plot?"

5. How many years after attending theological seminary did the author started teaching at Harvard?

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