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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The author describes his sick daughter's behavior as a way of striking out to be what?
2. How many failed marriages did the author's mother have after his father died?
3. In regards to beauty, the author's mother said you have a better chance of finding a lost cane again, than finding what?
4. How many years after his father's suicide did the author write "The Return of Ansel Gibbs?"
5. In what month during1936 did the author's father commit suicide?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the author's mother's aging affect her life?
2. How did author's mom respond to his fictionalized version of his father's death and how did her reaction to this fist telling affect the author's writing about the death later?
3. Why is the author telling his secrets?
4. What did the author say he would deal with in this autobiography "Telling Secrets?"
5. What illness did the author's daughter have and how did it affect her?
6. How did the daughter being sick affect the author?
7. How is the author's story, our story?
8. Why did the author feel like a dwarf as depicted in C. S. Lewis' "The Last Battle?"
9. How did the author's mother's aging affect her sons' lives?
10. According to the author, how does memory help us finish with the past?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author introduces us to the Tower of London, specifically the the oldest part, the White Tower. What is the White Tower? Why does the author include this information in the book? How does the author connect the details he provided about the White Tower to himself, to his life?
Essay Topic 2
The author talks about being as deaf about his family and himself as his mother was, even with a purse full of half or not working hearing aids. The author uses two pieces of stained glass in his office to help readers understand this time in his life. Explain how the author felt he was "deaf" about his life and how he used the stained glass pieces to convey these experiences, thoughts and feelings to readers.
Essay Topic 3
Why does the author attend St. Barnabas Episcopal Church? How is this place more at home for him than another Church? Why does the author enjoy the chanting so much? Who is Robert MacFarlane, and how does he impact the author's connection with this church?
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