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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 Part One of the book, what was not a tradition in the Buechner family in relation to death?
(a) Churches.
(b) Funerals.
(c) Ministers.
(d) Last rites.

2. Who wrote "Thomas Wingfold?"
(a) Noel Coward.
(b) George MacDonald.
(c) Dorothy Parker.
(d) E. M. Forster.

3. What hymn did the old nurse teach the author and his young brother?
(a) What A Friend.
(b) Battle Hymn of the Republic.
(c) The Old Rugged Cross.
(d) Amazing Grace.

4. In what year did the author accept an invitation to teach at Harvard Divinity School?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1990.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author quotes from what book of the bible about peace that passes all understanding?

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

3. The author talks about English money weighing down his pockets; the heavy coppers, florins and __.

4. What type of cedar trees does the author describe, as a smell of "the island?"

5. As the author's mother aged, she complained about her looks, saying her hair looked like what?

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