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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. In the White Tower what has an heavy oak door?

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

3. What type of lilies were grown commercially on the island, pre-WWI, as described by the author?

4. In what year did the author's sick daughter finally graduate college?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What can you tell about the author and his time at Union Theological Seminary?

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

10. Who is Naya?

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 is the author's daughter sick? How did she get well? How did the increasing wellness of his daughter, help the author to realize that he was not well? How does the author explain what happens to someone who after being sick for so long is suddenly well? How does this new "freedom" affect them?

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