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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 hymn did the old nurse teach the author and his young brother?
(a) The Old Rugged Cross.
(b) Battle Hymn of the Republic.
(c) What A Friend.
(d) Amazing Grace.

2. Who wrote "The Man Who Was Thursday?"
(a) Noel Coward.
(b) Thomas Kelly.
(c) G.K. Chesterton.
(d) The author.

3. What college did the author graduate from before being ordained as a minister?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Yale.
(d) Columbia.

4. Who refers to themselves as the "last rose of summer?"
(a) Yvonne.
(b) Mrs. Buechner.
(c) Dorothy Parker.
(d) Mrs. Frederick Buechner.

5. In the room of the author's mother what kind of magazines are on her chaise lounge?
(a) Fashion.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Movie.
(d) Home Making.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author states that he has underlying questions, just like his sick daughter, about love, trust, fear, loss and _______.

3. What was the make of the family car used for the 1936 suicide?

4. To the author's mother, being beautiful was her ______.

5. In describing what he learned after his father's death, what does the author consider a means of grace?

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