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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was "Now and Then" written?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1972.

2. In what year was the author's fiction book about a 6th century sainted hero published?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1987.

3. What character narrated the author's book about is fictional 6th century Irish saint?
(a) Angus.
(b) Finn.
(c) Brendan.
(d) Gildas.

4. What did Knights of the Order of the Bath keep an all night vigil over the day before a king's coronation?
(a) Their armor.
(b) Their guests.
(c) Their food.
(d) Their prisoners.

5. In his dream about his mother she fussed about her hair and her ____.
(a) Nails.
(b) Make-up.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author what batters and shapes us in all sorts of ways?

2. How many years after his father's suicide did the author write "The Return of Ansel Gibbs?"

3. In the room of the author's mother what kind of magazines are on her chaise lounge?

4. Who wrote "The Power and the Glory?"

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

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