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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Basement Room.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the Introduction, who does the author quote regarding the definition for "story" versus "plot?"
(a) C.S. Lewis.
(b) E.M. Forster.
(c) R. Kipling
(d) Himself.

3. Who wrote "The Power and the Glory?"
(a) Thomas Kelly.
(b) G.K. Chesterton.
(c) Dorothy Parker.
(d) Graham Greene.

4. After his father's suicide, where did the author's mom move the family?
(a) Bermuda.
(b) Halifax.
(c) Miami.
(d) Cape Hatteras.

5. 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) Genesis.
(c) Psalms.
(d) Revelation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the White Tower what has an heavy oak door?

3. What title did the author write when he was in his fifties and his mom was in her eighties?

4. Whose life was a secret even before their death?

5. The author's maternal grandmother was half old ____ and and half French-Swiss.

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