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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The White Tower.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In relation to the White Tower, where does the author say he spent many of his dark days?
(a) In the Outer Ward.
(b) In the Chapel.
(c) In Little Ease.
(d) On the Tower Watch.

2. The author's maternal grandmother was half old ____ and and half French-Swiss.
(a) New England.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Georgia.

3. Losing track of our "____," according to the author, means being impoverished humanly and spiritually.
(a) Memories.
(b) Feelings.
(c) Stories.
(d) Faith.

4. What place of torment eventually becomes home if you live there long enough, according to the author?
(a) The White Tower.
(b) The Past.
(c) Little Ease.
(d) Your mind.

5. In the 1950s, the author attended theological seminary in what city?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Jersey City.
(c) Essex.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The author states that he has underlying questions, just like his sick daughter, about love, trust, fear, loss and _______.

4. What was the title of the lost book the author's mother hunted for in her room?

5. The author's sick daughter was more afraid of what than death?

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