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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 room in which the author writes, how many pieces of stained glass sit in his windows?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

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

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

4. In telling his father's story as a child, who does Teddy represent in this story?
(a) The author.
(b) The author's brother.
(c) The author's best friend.
(d) The author's father.

5. In the Introduction, who does the author quote regarding the definition for "story" versus "plot?"
(a) R. Kipling
(b) E.M. Forster.
(c) Himself.
(d) C.S. Lewis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many years after his father's suicide did the author write "The Return of Ansel Gibbs?"

3. "For the last ____ years" of her life, the author's mother saw almost no one except immediate family.

4. Three acts of God mentioned by the author that appear in scripture are the Exodus, the ___, and the entry into the Promised Land.

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

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