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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. What title did the author write when he was in his fifties and his mom was in her eighties?
(a) Now and Then.
(b) The Return of Ansel Gibbs.
(c) The Sacred Journey.
(d) Telling Secrets.

2. The author said that he told his father's story both as the child "I was in 1936 and still am in ___."
(a) 1985.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1960.

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

4. In what month during1936 did the author's father commit suicide?
(a) November.
(b) January.
(c) February.
(d) December.

5. In describing what he learned after his father's death, what does the author consider a means of grace?
(a) Tragedy.
(b) Change.
(c) Patience.
(d) Faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the book written by Kahlil Gibran that is on the table next to the chaise lounge in the author's mother's room?

2. What was the name of the woman the author's mother had trouble understanding because of her thick accent?

3. What was the make of the family car used for the 1936 suicide?

4. The author's mother's motto, translated from French is, "you have to ____ in order to be beautiful."

5. According to the author, what does God give us that helps us finish with the past and remove the power of the past to hurt us?

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