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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 said that he told his father's story both as the child "I was in 1936 and still am in ___."
(a) 1960.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1985.

2. Which one of these literary works referencing color was discussed in the author's Wheaton classroom?
(a) "Neither Black Nor White."
(b) "The Color Purple."
(c) "The Hunt for Red October."
(d) "The Red Badge of Courage."

3. In the mid 1970's, how may teenage children did the author have?
(a) None.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

4. What Shakespeare reading assignment was objected to by the author's feminist students?
(a) King Lear.
(b) Macbeth.
(c) Othello.
(d) A Midsummer Night's Dream.

5. Sitting on the side road, depressed about his sick child, what encouraging word did the author read on the license plate of a passing vehicle?
(a) Trust.
(b) Believe.
(c) Faith.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was "The Sacred Journey" written?

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

3. In the White Tower what has an heavy oak door?

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

5. In Part One of the book, what was not a tradition in the Buechner family in relation to death?

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