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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. When sober, how did Bobby Bragg dress for dinner?
(a) With a shirt and tie.
(b) In overalls.
(c) In a full suit.
(d) In a clean shirt.

2. What did Charlie tell Margaret about going back to her husband when she came home for the second time?
(a) If she went back, Charlie would kill him.
(b) She must be obedient to her husband.
(c) She should never go back.
(d) She could go back, but not with her son.

3. What was acceptable practice and what was not in the foothills?
(a) Fighting and drinking.
(b) Beating your childen and missing church.
(c) Not to be able to read; not to be able to fight.
(d) Not to be able to read; not to be able to dance.

4. How does Rick describe the area in which his parents were born and raised?
(a) The land of poor churches.
(b) The monied South.
(c) The poor Old South.
(d) Bible country.

5. Who came to the city auditorium to talk to the white people of the county?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Albert Brewer.
(c) George Wallace.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous singer did grandma tell Rick that she met before he died?

2. What does Rick say about this book?

3. What does Rick say of the errors that occur in his story?

4. What happened to Mark in 1965 from which his father saved him?

5. What does Rick hope his story will accomplish?

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