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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's sick daughter was more afraid of what than death?
(a) Gaining weight.
(b) Being rejected.
(c) Being hospitalized.
(d) Coming home.

2. In the Introduction, who does the author quote regarding the definition for "story" versus "plot?"
(a) R. Kipling
(b) C.S. Lewis.
(c) E.M. Forster.
(d) Himself.

3. What fell behind the radiator and required that the building superintendent come to retrieve it?
(a) The purse.
(b) The cane.
(c) The pillow.
(d) The fan.

4. In the dream about the author's mother what color had the walls and ceiling been repainted?
(a) White.
(b) Pink.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

5. "He who does not love remains in death" is quoted by the author from what book of the Bible?
(a) II John.
(b) III John.
(c) I John.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Godric" what is the name of the father of the title character?

2. What does the author say we are constantly putting off and on like coats and hats against the world's weather?

3. In the mid 1970's, how may teenage children did the author have?

4. What illness did Dudley Knott battle just before the author met him and they became friends?

5. How many years after college graduation was the author ordained as a minister?

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