All Over but the Shoutin' Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Rick Bragg
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All Over but the Shoutin' Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Rick Bragg
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sickness killed Rick's father?

2. What did Rick and Uncle Ed both acknowledge early on about Rick's future?

3. In what era did Rick's parents grow up?

4. What reason did grandpa Charlie have for shooting a neighbor woman?

5. What kind of a man is Rick's brother, Mark?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of a woman was Rick's grandmother?

2. What did the Bragg men talk about on the front porch over whiskey after dinner?

3. What was the Korean War story that Charles told to Rick?

4. What was the main reason for Rick writing this memoir?

5. What were the times like when Rick grew up? Where was he born? When?

6. Why didn't Margaret find another man to continue her life with as time passed and Charles did not return?

7. How did false pride become an obstacle for Rick as a teenager?

8. What was Margaret's family like growing up?

9. When did Rick choose to write this memoir and why?

10. What kind of work did the boys do for their Uncle Ed? What did Rick learn from this work? What did Sam learn from this work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose three of the following chapter titles and explain their significance to the whole book.

1. Under Vulcan's Hammer

2. The Price Tag on Heaven

3. Snow In a Can

4. The Same

5. If You Got to Kill Somebody, Better It Be Family.

6. Perfume on a Hog.

Essay Topic 2

What are Rick's views about religion? Where do they come from? How do they affect him emotionally? What does he understand that he is missing?

Essay Topic 3

How did poverty shape the young lives of the three brothers? How did Margaret get caught up in the poverty cycle, and what did it cost her?

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