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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "For the last ____ years" of her life, the author's mother saw almost no one except immediate family.
(a) 5.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

2. What type of cedar trees does the author describe, as a smell of "the island?"
(a) Eastern Red.
(b) Atlas.
(c) Western Red.
(d) Dwarf.

3. Wheaton College is the alma mater of which one of these people?
(a) Knott.
(b) Graham.
(c) Forster.
(d) Tillich.

4. What place did the author see as an act of God in his life that he paralleled to the entry into the Promised Land?
(a) Bermuda.
(b) Vermont.
(c) California.
(d) Illinois.

5. From one of the dialogues in Part Three of "Telling Secrets" what is the name of the author's brother?
(a) Clayton.
(b) John.
(c) Fritz.
(d) Jamie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who died in their sleep when their heart stopped?

2. Which of these did Reinhold Niebuhr write that was used within basement groups?

3. What is the name of the character that the 6th century Irish saint caught as he lost his one-legged balance?

4. What was the name of the woman who came nights but according to the author's mother was late because of the subway?

5. What rubber doll did Dudley Knott carry with him everywhere?

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