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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. 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) Peace.
(b) Redemption.
(c) Remember.
(d) Memory.

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

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

4. The author read the "Letters of the Scattered Brotherhood," written by _____.
(a) Dorothy Parker.
(b) Mary Strong.
(c) Thomas Kelly.
(d) Noel Coward.

5. What type of lilies were grown commercially on the island, pre-WWI, as described by the author?
(a) Easter.
(b) Camas.
(c) Death Camas.
(d) Queen's Cup.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the author go to wait with a friend who got news about a family accident?

2. In relation to the White Tower, where does the author say he spent many of his dark days?

3. In what war was Dudley Knott a naval officer?

4. What color was the house the author and his family lived in on the island, in a town called Paget?

5. According to the author, about how old is the the Chapel of St. John?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the author describe Bermuda as enchanting?

2. How did the author translate his hotel dream into his real life?

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

4. What differences did the author write about among Union students as well as what they all shared?

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

6. Who is Naya?

7. Why does the author go to Bermuda as a child?

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

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

10. What did the author expect in a Harvard teaching experience that he did not get when he actually taught at Harvard Divinity School?

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