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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 was in the bowl on top of the bureau in the room of the author's mother?
(a) Peppermints.
(b) Licorice.
(c) Gum.
(d) M & Ms.

2. The author dreamed about a hotel where the desk clerk told him the name of the room to which he wanted to return is called what?
(a) Peace.
(b) Redemption.
(c) Memory.
(d) Remember.

3. In Part Two, the author describes his memory of the color of the shallows in the Gulf Stream on the island as ___.
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Aqua.
(d) Tawny.

4. According to the author, what does God give us that helps us finish with the past and remove the power of the past to hurt us?
(a) Faith.
(b) Love.
(c) Strength.
(d) Memory.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What hymn did the old nurse teach the author and his young brother?

3. What Shakespeare reading assignment was objected to by the author's feminist students?

4. What does the author describe as the "living heart and command center" of his mother's room?

5. As the author's mother aged, she complained about her looks, saying her hair looked like what?

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