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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What place did the author see as an act of God in his life that he paralleled to the entry into the Promised Land?
(a) Vermont.
(b) Illinois.
(c) California.
(d) Bermuda.

3. The author lists what he calls "real" art as painting, music, dance, and ______.
(a) Acting.
(b) Sculpting.
(c) Writing.
(d) Singing.

4. To the author's mother, being beautiful was her ______.
(a) Triumph.
(b) Flaw.
(c) Business.
(d) Weakness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the author's maternal grandmother?

2. As the author's mother aged, she complained about her looks, saying her hair looked like what?

3. According to the author, what does God give us that helps us finish with the past and remove the power of the past to hurt us?

4. What renders distinctions between past, present and future meaningless, according to the author?

5. What was the title of the lost book the author's mother hunted for in her room?

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