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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. How did Rick try to buy his way into heaven?
(a) By buying his ex-wife a baby carriage.
(b) By buying his brother a business.
(c) By buying his momma a pair of dentures.
(d) By buying his girlfriend a car.

2. What did Rick's mother do without so that her boys could have school clothes?
(a) A nice house.
(b) A new dress.
(c) New shoes.
(d) Sweets.

3. What instrument did Rick's grandmother play?
(a) Harp.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Fiddle.
(d) Banjo.

4. What statue stands in Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham?
(a) Martin Luther King Jr.
(b) Bear Bryant.
(c) Rosa Parks.
(d) George Wallace.

5. What did Rick find himself wishing for at the funeral home?
(a) Heaven.
(b) God.
(c) Another day with his grandmother.
(d) A way to spend more time with his mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did Charles feel about going to Korea to kill soldiers?

4. What was the reason that Charles whipped his daughter Margaret at the age of thirteen?

5. How long did Rick put off writing his book?

(see the answer key)

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