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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 condition made it almost impossible for the author's mom to walk during her last year of life?
(a) Fractured foot.
(b) Arthritic knees.
(c) Severely bowed-legs.
(d) Amputation.

2. The author describes his sick daughter's behavior as a way of striking out to be what?
(a) Heard.
(b) Free.
(c) In control.
(d) Healed.

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

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

5. How old was the author when his father committed suicide?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 9.
(d) 13.

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 mother made him feel like a traitor for writing the fictionalized "Ansel Gibbs" about his father's death?

3. What was the make of the family car used for the 1936 suicide?

4. In "Godric" what is the name of the father of the title character?

5. Who tends to more publicly lose touch with themselves and with God, according to the author?

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