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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years after his father's suicide did the author write "The Return of Ansel Gibbs?"
(a) 15.
(b) 35.
(c) 12.
(d) 22.

2. According to the author, what could you buy in the island shop called Trimingham's?
(a) Furniture.
(b) Books.
(c) Tweeds.
(d) Bicycles.

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

4. 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) Faith.
(b) Believe.
(c) Love.
(d) Trust.

5. What did Knights of the Order of the Bath keep an all night vigil over the day before a king's coronation?
(a) Their food.
(b) Their armor.
(c) Their prisoners.
(d) Their guests.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which island shop had ceiling fans?

2. The scripture passage in the beginning of Part Two of the book says that we were created in the likeness and image of who?

3. In the Introduction, who does the author quote regarding the definition for "story" versus "plot?"

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

5. The author likens the way we scurry through life to ____, in how we keep busy, busy, ignoring the big things while small things loom large.

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