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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author's mother lived to within how many days of her ninety-second birthday?
(a) 1.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 11.

2. What is the Little Ease?
(a) A dungeon.
(b) A chapel.
(c) A throne room.
(d) A palace.

3. What place of torment eventually becomes home if you live there long enough, according to the author?
(a) Little Ease.
(b) The Past.
(c) The White Tower.
(d) Your mind.

4. What is the title of the book the author wrote to tell the story of his father to a child?
(a) Ansel Gibbs.
(b) The Wizard's Tide.
(c) The Last Battle.
(d) Now and Then.

5. In what year was "Now and Then" written?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1989.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Introduction, how many books does the author mention that dealt with the headlines of his life?

2. What title did the author write when he was in his fifties and his mom was in her eighties?

3. In what language is the dedication written in "Godric?"

4. Who refers to themselves as the "last rose of summer?"

5. Losing track of our "____," according to the author, means being impoverished humanly and spiritually.

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