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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which was the employer of the driver who later gave the author the license plate with the encouraging word imprinted on it that the author saw passing on the road?
(a) A bank.
(b) A hospital.
(c) A church.
(d) A school.

2. Who built the White Tower?
(a) William the Conqueror.
(b) Canute the Great.
(c) Richard the Lionheart.
(d) Alfred the Great.

3. In complaining about her looks, what did the author's mother say "don't fit?"
(a) Clothes.
(b) Teeth.
(c) Glasses.
(d) Wig.

4. How many years after attending theological seminary did the author started teaching at Harvard?
(a) 30.
(b) 15.
(c) 25.
(d) 20.

5. What did the author's mother use when she "struck to kill?"
(a) Book.
(b) Tongue.
(c) Cane.
(d) Chair.

Short Answer Questions

1. In telling his father's story as a child, who does Teddy represent in this story?

2. The author talks about English money weighing down his pockets; the heavy coppers, florins and __.

3. How many years after his father's suicide did the author write "The Return of Ansel Gibbs?"

4. In the room in which the author writes, how many pieces of stained glass sit in his windows?

5. When the author asked another of his atheist students what he have faith in, the student replied he had faith in ____.

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