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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. In the mid 1970's, how may teenage children did the author have?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) None.

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

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

4. What is the title of the first autobiography written by the author?
(a) Now and Then.
(b) The Last Battle.
(c) The Sacred Journey.
(d) Telling Secrets.

5. How many years after his father's suicide did the author write "The Return of Ansel Gibbs?"
(a) 35.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 22.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the dwarves are offered food, what do they think it is?

2. Losing track of our "____," according to the author, means being impoverished humanly and spiritually.

3. In the Introduction, the author tells us that this is his ___ venture into autobiography.

4. On what street was the apartment in which the author's mother died?

5. 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?

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