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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. How many years had the author been married by the mid 1970's?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 5 years.

2. According to the author, what does God give us that helps us finish with the past and remove the power of the past to hurt us?
(a) Strength.
(b) Memory.
(c) Love.
(d) Faith.

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

4. How old was the author when his mother made him feel like a traitor for writing the fictionalized "Ansel Gibbs" about his father's death?
(a) 32.
(b) 35.
(c) 52.
(d) 40.

5. When the author's sick daughter had to be hospitalized, how many miles away was she?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 1,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In describing what he learned after his father's death, what does the author consider a means of grace?

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

3. The author's mother's motto, translated from French is, "you have to ____ in order to be beautiful."

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

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

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