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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, The Widow's Mite, Chapters 1-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rick regret about his grandfather?
(a) That he wasn't there when he shot a woman through her breasts.
(b) That he never met him.
(c) That he wasn't harder on his father.
(d) That he didn't do better by his daughter.

2. What made Rick finally write the book?
(a) His grandfather's death.
(b) His mother's death.
(c) His grandmother's death.
(d) His father's death.

3. What was Margaret's first real toy?
(a) A wooden turtle on a string.
(b) A doll.
(c) A stuffed bear.
(d) A red wagon.

4. What did Rick's grandmother die from?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Heart failure.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Kidney failure.

5. What payment was most likely used for the doctor who helped give birth to Rick's mother?
(a) Bumdrum's live chickens.
(b) Bumdrum's homemade likker.
(c) Ham.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Grandma Ab do the last time her grandchildren drove away with their father and mother?

2. What did Aunt Gracie tell the children that the chicken was that was cooking?

3. What did the box contain that Rick's father gave to him on his last visit?

4. Why was Rick rushed to the hospital as a young boy?

5. What memory does Rick recall of his grandmother and himself when he was five?

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