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

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

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

4. How many failed marriages did the author's mother have after his father died?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What condition made it almost impossible for the author's mom to walk during her last year of life?

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

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

5. Who refers to themselves as the "last rose of summer?"

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