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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, besides himself, who else to some degree is like the White Tower?
(a) We are.
(b) His sick child.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

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

3. Where did the author go to wait with a friend who got news about a family accident?
(a) Bus station.
(b) Train station.
(c) His home.
(d) Airport.

4. The scripture passage in the beginning of Part Two of the book says that we were created in the likeness and image of who?
(a) Ourselves.
(b) Man.
(c) God.
(d) Angels.

5. The author's maternal grandmother was half old ____ and and half French-Swiss.
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Virginia.
(d) New England.

6. According to the author, about how old is the the Chapel of St. John?
(a) 500 years.
(b) 1,200 years.
(c) 450 years.
(d) 1,000 years.

7. Who bought the world and "home" back to the author each day?
(a) His children.
(b) His wife.
(c) His writing.
(d) His books.

8. In what war was Dudley Knott a naval officer?
(a) The Great War.
(b) Vietnam War.
(c) The Hundred Years War.
(d) World War II.

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

10. In what year was "Now and Then" written?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1985.

11. In what year was the author's first novel published?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1950.

12. According to the author, what could you buy in the island shop called Trimingham's?
(a) Tweeds.
(b) Bicycles.
(c) Books.
(d) Furniture.

13. The author states that he has underlying questions, just like his sick daughter, about love, trust, fear, loss and _______.
(a) Pain.
(b) Death.
(c) Separation.
(d) Childhood.

14. Which island shop had ceiling fans?
(a) Raleigh.
(b) Phoenix Drugstore.
(c) Trimingham's.
(d) Warwick.

15. In "The White Tower", the author describes his father as the young man in the gray slacks and maroon _______.
(a) Shirt.
(b) Jacket.
(c) Vest.
(d) Sweater.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Knights of the Order of the Bath keep an all night vigil over the day before a king's coronation?

2. The author talks about English money weighing down his pockets; the heavy coppers, florins and __.

3. In what year did the author accept an invitation to teach at Harvard Divinity School?

4. The author also read "A Testament of Devotion," written by _____.

5. In what year was "The Sacred Journey" written?

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