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

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

3. What did Rick's mother do without so that her boys could have school clothes?
(a) A nice house.
(b) Sweets.
(c) New shoes.
(d) A new dress.

4. What payment was most likely used for the doctor who helped give birth to Rick's mother?
(a) Money.
(b) Bumdrum's homemade likker.
(c) Bumdrum's live chickens.
(d) Ham.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What school did Rick attend at the age of 33?

4. What sickness killed Rick's father?

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

(see the answer key)

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