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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 fell behind the radiator and required that the building superintendent come to retrieve it?
(a) The purse.
(b) The cane.
(c) The fan.
(d) The pillow.

2. On what street was the apartment in which the author's mother died?
(a) 82nd.
(b) 42nd.
(c) 79th.
(d) 69th.

3. In the Introduction, how many books does the author mention that dealt with the headlines of his life?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

4. 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.

5. In the Introduction, the author tells us that this is his ___ venture into autobiography.
(a) Second.
(b) Third.
(c) First.
(d) Fifth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To the author's mother, being beautiful was her ______.

3. In the room of the author's mother what kind of magazines are on her chaise lounge?

4. The author's mother lived to within how many days of her ninety-second birthday?

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

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