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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 wrote "The Last Battle?"
(a) C.S. Lewis.
(b) Noel Coward.
(c) E.M. Forster.
(d) Frederick Buechner.

2. What renders distinctions between past, present and future meaningless, according to the author?
(a) Love.
(b) Memory.
(c) Death.
(d) Healing.

3. What was the title of the lost book the author's mother hunted for in her room?
(a) The Last Battle.
(b) Les Malheurs de Sophie.
(c) Now and Then.
(d) Ansel Gibbs.

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

5. The author's mother lived to within how many days of her ninety-second birthday?
(a) 1.
(b) 12.
(c) 11.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the mid 1970's, how may teenage children did the author have?

3. In the Introduction, who does the author quote regarding the definition for "story" versus "plot?"

4. After his father's suicide, where did the author's mom move the family?

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

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