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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 talks about English money weighing down his pockets; the heavy coppers, florins and __.
(a) Threepenny bits.
(b) Pound Notes.
(c) Sixpences.
(d) Half Crowns.

2. From what book of the Bible does the author quote a scripture passage in the beginning of Part Two of the book?"
(a) Proverbs.
(b) Revelation.
(c) Genesis.
(d) Psalms.

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

4. How many years had the author been married by the mid 1970's?
(a) 25 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 5 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Power and the Glory" dealt with what country in the 1930s?

2. What is on the second floor of the White Tower?

3. When the author's sick daughter had to be hospitalized, how many miles away was she?

4. In "The White Tower", the author describes his father as the young man in the gray slacks and maroon _______.

5. In "The Last Battle", who stoops and touches the dwarves with his tongue?

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