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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dwarves in the Stable.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "For the last ____ years" of her life, the author's mother saw almost no one except immediate family.
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

2. What was the name of the woman who came nights but according to the author's mother was late because of the subway?
(a) Evelyn.
(b) Mary.
(c) Margie.
(d) Yvonne.

3. What was in the bowl on top of the bureau in the room of the author's mother?
(a) M & Ms.
(b) Peppermints.
(c) Licorice.
(d) Gum.

4. What is the title of the book the author wrote to tell the story of his father to a child?
(a) Ansel Gibbs.
(b) The Wizard's Tide.
(c) The Last Battle.
(d) Now and Then.

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) 32.
(c) 52.
(d) 40.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years had the author been married by the mid 1970's?

2. How old was the author when his father committed suicide?

3. What title did the author write when he was in his fifties and his mom was in her eighties?

4. When the dwarves are offered wine, what do they think it is?

5. In describing what he learned after his father's death, what does the author consider a means of grace?

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