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

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

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

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

5. 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) Faith.
(b) Memory.
(c) Strength.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. In the Introduction, the author tells us that this is his ___ venture into autobiography.

4. When the author's sick daughter had to be hospitalized, how many miles away was she?

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

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