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

2. What rubber doll did Dudley Knott carry with him everywhere?
(a) Pluto.
(b) Odie.
(c) Snoopy.
(d) Scooby-Doo.

3. Which was the employer of the driver who later gave the author the license plate with the encouraging word imprinted on it that the author saw passing on the road?
(a) A hospital.
(b) A bank.
(c) A school.
(d) A church.

4. The author talks about English money weighing down his pockets; the heavy coppers, florins and __.
(a) Sixpences.
(b) Threepenny bits.
(c) Pound Notes.
(d) Half Crowns.

5. What place of torment eventually becomes home if you live there long enough, according to the author?
(a) Your mind.
(b) The Past.
(c) Little Ease.
(d) The White Tower.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dudley Knott's wife's name?

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

3. What room in the White Tower measures only four feet high?

4. When the author and his brother lived in _____ they had a nurse who dropped her teeth at will.

5. The author lists what he calls "real" art as painting, music, dance, and ______.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Naya?

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

5. Why does the author describe Bermuda as enchanting?

6. What dream did the author have about a hotel?

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

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

9. How did the author feel about his kids once they were older and how did this affect his life once they left home as adults?

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

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