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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, The Widow's Mite, Chapters 1-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What life lesson did Rick's mother teach him that he broke when he made fun of a boy for having lice?
(a) That no one should be laughed at.
(b) That everyone needs love.
(c) That poor people should be treated with extra care.
(d) That everyone deserves a certain amount of dignity.

2. How did Sam torture Rick in the outhouse?
(a) He would make him close the door to darkness.
(b) He locked him in with a tomcat.
(c) He would leave him there alone in the middle of the night.
(d) He told him the hole will swallow him up.

3. What does Rick regret about his grandfather?
(a) That he never met him.
(b) That he wasn't there when he shot a woman through her breasts.
(c) That he didn't do better by his daughter.
(d) That he wasn't harder on his father.

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

5. How did Charles kill the assassin in Korea?
(a) He drowned him.
(b) He stabbed him.
(c) He strangled him.
(d) He shot him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What memory does Rick recall of his grandmother and himself when he was five?

2. What did Margaret expect Rick's father to do after she poured his whiskey down the drain?

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

4. What war was Rick's father in?

5. What did Rick find himself wishing for at the funeral home?

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