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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The author dreamed about a hotel where the desk clerk told him the name of the room to which he wanted to return is called what?
(a) Redemption.
(b) Memory.
(c) Peace.
(d) Remember.

3. In what year was "The Sacred Journey" written?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1979.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many years after college graduation was the author ordained as a minister?

3. According to the author what batters and shapes us in all sorts of ways?

4. According to the author, what could you buy in the island shop called Trimingham's?

5. "He who does not love remains in death" is quoted by the author from what book of the Bible?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do our other selves develop as explained in Part Two of "Telling Secrets?"

2. Why does the author describe Bermuda as enchanting?

3. Besides complaints about him praying in his first class at Harvard, what other surprises did the author's students give him?

4. What does the author describe about the Tower of London?

5. Who goes to Bermuda with the author when he is a child and how does he describe their arrival in Bermuda?

6. What events from the author's life most fit the title for Part Two of "Telling Secrets?"

7. How did the author's kids connect him with the outside world when they were small?

8. Why did the author like having Dudley Knott as a friend?

9. What did trying to help his daughter reveal to the author about his emotional state?

10. What does the author tell us about his first two autobiographies?

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