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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Lies to My Mother, Chapters 25-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Charles when he died?
(a) 41.
(b) 61.
(c) 31.
(d) 51.

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

3. Why did Sam become the school's janitor according to Rick?
(a) Because they never taught him that he had other opportunities.
(b) Because he was not smart enough to do anything else.
(c) Because he never wanted to be anything else.
(d) Because he never learned to read.

4. What happened in the country store when Rick went in to buy drinks while working one summer?
(a) The proprietor accused him of stealing a soda.
(b) Rick was embarrassed because he does not have enough money.
(c) The proprietor felt sorry for him and gives him a free soda.
(d) Rick dropped and broke a bottle which he cannot afford.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Margaret take the children to find "treasure"?

3. Why did the serial diner keep committing the same crime?

4. What sickness killed Rick's father?

5. What did Rick's new friends at Harvard teach him?

(see the answer key)

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