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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 was the name of the woman the author's mother had trouble understanding because of her thick accent?
(a) Yvonne.
(b) Margie.
(c) Evelyn.
(d) Margorie.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What fell behind the radiator and required that the building superintendent come to retrieve it?

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

3. In what language is the dedication written in "Godric?"

4. What is the title of the first autobiography written by the author?

5. What does the author describe as the "living heart and command center" of his mother's room?

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