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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Basement Room.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What place of torment eventually becomes home if you live there long enough, according to the author?
(a) The Past.
(b) The White Tower.
(c) Little Ease.
(d) Your mind.

2. Losing track of our "____," according to the author, means being impoverished humanly and spiritually.
(a) Memories.
(b) Stories.
(c) Faith.
(d) Feelings.

3. What was the make of the family car used for the 1936 suicide?
(a) Hudson.
(b) Chevrolet.
(c) Chrysler.
(d) Ford.

4. From one of the dialogues in Part Three of "Telling Secrets" what is the name of the author's brother?
(a) John.
(b) Clayton.
(c) Fritz.
(d) Jamie.

5. From the Bible, according to the author, who wrote "Rejoice in the Lord, always?"
(a) Peter.
(b) Timothy.
(c) Paul.
(d) Mark.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month during1936 did the author's father commit suicide?

2. What is the Wheaton College motto?

3. The author's mother's motto, translated from French is, "you have to ____ in order to be beautiful."

4. Why did the author first attend St. Barnabas?

5. In Part One of the book, what was not a tradition in the Buechner family in relation to death?

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