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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. When the dwarves are offered wine, what do they think it is?
(a) Blood.
(b) Tea with arsenic.
(c) Ditch water.
(d) Poison.

2. Who made no new friends while living in New York for almost twenty years?
(a) The author's father.
(b) The author.
(c) Mrs. Buechner.
(d) Mrs. Frederick Buechner.

3. Who refers to themselves as the "last rose of summer?"
(a) Yvonne.
(b) Dorothy Parker.
(c) Mrs. Frederick Buechner.
(d) Mrs. Buechner.

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

5. What was the title of the lost book the author's mother hunted for in her room?
(a) Ansel Gibbs.
(b) Les Malheurs de Sophie.
(c) The Last Battle.
(d) Now and Then.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of the first autobiography written by the author?

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

4. According to the author, what is the doorway to healing and forgiveness?

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

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