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

2. In the Introduction, how many books does the author mention that dealt with the headlines of his life?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

3. How many failed marriages did the author's mother have after his father died?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Introduction, what is the title of the book the author cites as dealing with the interior of his life?

2. To the author's mother, being beautiful was her ______.

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

4. The author said that he told his father's story both as the child "I was in 1936 and still am in ___."

5. 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?

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