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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In relation to the White Tower, where does the author say he spent many of his dark days?
(a) On the Tower Watch.
(b) In the Chapel.
(c) In Little Ease.
(d) In the Outer Ward.

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

3. Where were the ashes of the author's father buried?
(a) Union City.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Essex.
(d) Hackensack.

4. What does the author say we are constantly putting off and on like coats and hats against the world's weather?
(a) Faith.
(b) Self.
(c) Anger.
(d) Love.

5. "The Power and the Glory" dealt with what country in the 1930s?
(a) United States.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Japan.
(d) Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. The basement groups had slogans like "Let go, and let ___."

2. The author states that he has underlying questions, just like his sick daughter, about love, trust, fear, loss and _______.

3. How old was the author's mother in his dream about her?

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

5. How many failed marriages did the author's mother have after his father died?

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