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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the author's mother aged, she complained about her looks, saying her hair looked like what?
(a) Wool.
(b) Flax.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Straw.

2. When the dwarves are offered wine, what do they think it is?
(a) Poison.
(b) Tea with arsenic.
(c) Ditch water.
(d) Blood.

3. What was in the bowl on top of the bureau in the room of the author's mother?
(a) M & Ms.
(b) Peppermints.
(c) Licorice.
(d) Gum.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What fell behind the radiator and required that the building superintendent come to retrieve it?

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

3. After his father's suicide, where did the author's mom move the family?

4. In the Introduction, the author tells us that this is his ___ venture into autobiography.

5. What college did the author graduate from before being ordained as a minister?

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