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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Basement Room.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the author's mother in his dream about her?
(a) 30s-40s.
(b) late 20s.
(c) 40s-50s.
(d) early 50s.

2. What name does the father call the child at the end of the last dialogue in "Telling Secrets?"
(a) Jamie.
(b) Fritz.
(c) Frederick.
(d) John.

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 church.
(b) A school.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A bank.

4. To the author's mother, being beautiful was her ______.
(a) Weakness.
(b) Business.
(c) Triumph.
(d) Flaw.

5. How old was the author when his mother made him feel like a traitor for writing the fictionalized "Ansel Gibbs" about his father's death?
(a) 35.
(b) 40.
(c) 32.
(d) 52.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes about how he cannot preach about ____, after an atheist student tells him she and others do not believe in God.

2. The author dreamed about his mother after she ___.

3. The author's mother's motto, translated from French is, "you have to ____ in order to be beautiful."

4. Who made no new friends while living in New York for almost twenty years?

5. Where is the author's new therapist located that helps him tap into his childhood?

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