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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month during1936 did the author's father commit suicide?
(a) February.
(b) January.
(c) December.
(d) November.

2. The author describes his sick daughter's behavior as a way of striking out to be what?
(a) Free.
(b) Healed.
(c) Heard.
(d) In control.

3. Who bought the world and "home" back to the author each day?
(a) His wife.
(b) His children.
(c) His books.
(d) His writing.

4. In the Introduction, the author tells us that this is his ___ venture into autobiography.
(a) Second.
(b) First.
(c) Third.
(d) Fifth.

5. The author read the "Letters of the Scattered Brotherhood," written by _____.
(a) Thomas Kelly.
(b) Dorothy Parker.
(c) Mary Strong.
(d) Noel Coward.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the room of the author's mother what kind of magazines are on her chaise lounge?

2. What publisher published the fictional 6th century saint's story in paperback?

3. The author suggested a fire to "fix" the church, leaving only ___ and the people?

4. The author's maternal grandmother was half old ____ and and half French-Swiss.

5. In the mid 1970's, how may teenage children did the author have?

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