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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 40.
(b) 35.
(c) 32.
(d) 52.

2. Where were the ashes of the author's father buried?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Hackensack.
(c) Union City.
(d) Essex.

3. The author describes his sick daughter's behavior as a way of striking out to be what?
(a) In control.
(b) Healed.
(c) Heard.
(d) Free.

4. The author states that he has underlying questions, just like his sick daughter, about love, trust, fear, loss and _______.
(a) Childhood.
(b) Separation.
(c) Death.
(d) Pain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, about how old is the the Chapel of St. John?

2. What was the name of the woman who came nights but according to the author's mother was late because of the subway?

3. In what year was "Now and Then" written?

4. What was the name of the author's maternal grandmother?

5. In the 1950s, the author attended theological seminary in what city?

(see the answer key)

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