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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author talks about English money weighing down his pockets; the heavy coppers, florins and __.
(a) Threepenny bits.
(b) Pound Notes.
(c) Sixpences.
(d) Half Crowns.

2. In telling his father's story as a child, who does Teddy represent in this story?
(a) The author's best friend.
(b) The author's father.
(c) The author.
(d) The author's brother.

3. How many years after his father's suicide did the author write "The Return of Ansel Gibbs?"
(a) 35.
(b) 22.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

4. When the author asked another of his atheist students what he have faith in, the student replied he had faith in ____.
(a) Himself.
(b) People.
(c) Love.
(d) Faith.

5. In what year was the author's first novel published?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the author's sick daughter finally graduate college?

2. What is the Wheaton College motto?

3. The author dreamed about his mother after she ___.

4. What is the title of the book the author wrote to tell the story of his father to a child?

5. From one of the dialogues in Part Three of "Telling Secrets" what is the name of the author's brother?

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