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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In describing what he learned after his father's death, what does the author consider a means of grace?
(a) Change.
(b) Patience.
(c) Faith.
(d) Tragedy.

2. Who bought the world and "home" back to the author each day?
(a) His children.
(b) His books.
(c) His wife.
(d) His writing.

3. What title did the author write when he was in his fifties and his mom was in her eighties?
(a) Now and Then.
(b) The Return of Ansel Gibbs.
(c) The Sacred Journey.
(d) Telling Secrets.

4. In what language is the dedication written in "Godric?"
(a) French.
(b) Italian.
(c) English.
(d) Latin.

5. In the Introduction, the author tells us that this is his ___ venture into autobiography.
(a) First.
(b) Third.
(c) Fifth.
(d) Second.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author describes his sick daughter's behavior as a way of striking out to be what?

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

3. When the author and his brother lived in _____ they had a nurse who dropped her teeth at will.

4. "He who does not love remains in death" is quoted by the author from what book of the Bible?

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

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