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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What trait does Rick believe he inherited from his father?
(a) Lack of fear.
(b) Running from his problems.
(c) Quick to anger.
(d) Drinking.

2. What famous singer did grandma tell Rick that she met before he died?
(a) Perry Como.
(b) Hank Williams.
(c) Johnny Cash.
(d) Frank Sinatra.

3. What did Margaret mean when she told Sam and Mark that Rick is "travelin'"?
(a) He was having a seizure.
(b) He was daydreaming.
(c) He was taking a walk.
(d) He was reading another book.

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

5. What caused Margaret to lose her job as a cotton picker?
(a) The government.
(b) She was too slow at it.
(c) Migrant workers.
(d) Machines.

6. What city's bombing did Rick mention that he writes about?
(a) Pearl Harbor.
(b) Hiroshima.
(c) Oklahoma City.
(d) Port au Prince.

7. What did Aunt Mary Jo take the children out for to eat?
(a) Foot long hot dogs.
(b) Cheeseburgers.
(c) Ice cream sundays.
(d) Fried crappie.

8. What was meant by the quote "didn't have no papers on him."?
(a) The hospital did not have papers on the dead baby.
(b) The baby was never christened.
(c) No records were kept of dead babies.
(d) The baby never existed.

9. What did Rick see at church that he stated was one of the most beautiful things he had ever seen?
(a) A baptism.
(b) A soul being saved.
(c) A child singing a hymn.
(d) A healing.

10. Why did Margaret bury Rick's muddy sneakers?
(a) She believed he may be involved in the Sparks case.
(b) She thought John Sparks used them.
(c) She did not want to clean them.
(d) She wanted to protect him from the police.

11. What kind of a man is Rick's bother, Sam?
(a) Successful.
(b) Criminal.
(c) Hard drinker and fighter.
(d) Hard worker.

12. What was the house like that Rick's father brought them to when Rick was six years old?
(a) Just big enough for all of them.
(b) A mansion.
(c) Big but decrepit.
(d) Small, but in good shape.

13. In 1971 what did the fraternity do at Christmas?
(a) They took the poor children to the soup kitchen.
(b) They collected toys for the poor children.
(c) They had a party for the poor children.
(d) They brought Christmas trees to the poor children.

14. How would Bobby Bragg fix his hip when it went out on him?
(a) He would drink a lot of whiskey.
(b) He would go to the doctor.
(c) He would have his sons pull his leg.
(d) His wife would pull his leg until it popped back in.

15. How did the weather make the war worse in Korea?
(a) It was always raining.
(b) It was freezing cold.
(c) It was terribly windy.
(d) It was boiling hot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sickness killed Rick's father?

2. What life lesson did Rick's mother teach him that he broke when he made fun of a boy for having lice?

3. Why did Rick tell his family's story?

4. How did Charles kill the assassin in Korea?

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

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