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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 cane.
(b) The pillow.
(c) The purse.
(d) The fan.

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

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

4. In Part One of the book, what was not a tradition in the Buechner family in relation to death?
(a) Churches.
(b) Ministers.
(c) Last rites.
(d) Funerals.

5. Where were the ashes of the author's father buried?
(a) Essex.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Union City.
(d) Hackensack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author's mother use when she "struck to kill?"

2. What was in the bowl on top of the bureau in the room of the author's mother?

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

4. What was the title of the lost book the author's mother hunted for in her room?

5. In the room in which the author writes, how many pieces of stained glass sit in his windows?

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