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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Lies to My Mother, Chapters 16-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did momma feel about Mark's jail terms?
(a) Shame.
(b) Anger.
(c) Injustice.
(d) Fear.

2. What did the box contain that Rick's father gave to him on his last visit?
(a) Dirty books.
(b) Classical literature.
(c) Ammunition.
(d) Car magazines.

3. What was the reason that Charles whipped his daughter Margaret at the age of thirteen?
(a) Takin' the truck out for a short ride in the fields.
(b) Talkin' back to her mother.
(c) Kickin' her sister so hard in bed one night.
(d) Takin' a sip of likker.

4. What did Mark build in the woods?
(a) A shack.
(b) A house.
(c) A church.
(d) A barn.

5. What did Rick never do alone?
(a) Go to the movies.
(b) Eat jellybeans.
(c) Go out to eat.
(d) Drink.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the poor black family down the road do for Rick's family?

2. In general, how did Rick Bragg feel about religion as he always had?

3. Who drove Margaret to the hospital when she gave birth to Rick?

4. Why were Margaret's sisters better off in life than she was?

5. What does Rick say about the book being called a memoir?

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