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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 Sam let Rick do when they finally went fishing?
(a) Tell momma Rick caught the fish.
(b) Cook the fish.
(c) Bait the line.
(d) Reel in the fish Sam caught.

2. Why were the Bragg boys "usual suspects" in the John Sparks case?
(a) Because they were poor and lived close by.
(b) Because they often stuck up for black people.
(c) Because the police did not like their father.
(d) Because they were always getting in trouble.

3. What is the story of the widow's mite?
(a) A woman who is infested with bugs.
(b) A woman who shuns the church because her husband dies.
(c) A poor woman who gave to the temple and God recognized the gift.
(d) A widowed woman who takes in poor children.

4. What did the poor black family down the road do for Rick's family?
(a) They invited them to their church.
(b) They brought them corn to eat.
(c) They invited them over for dinner.
(d) They brought them bread to eat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Mark in 1965 from which his father saved him?

2. Where was Rick working in the winter of 1964 as Chapter 16 opened?

3. What work did Rick begin in junior high?

4. What was acceptable practice and what was not in the foothills?

5. What was Rick's first story about as a news reporter for the Anniston Star?

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