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

2. What did Grandma Ab do the last time her grandchildren drove away with their father and mother?
(a) She held onto Rick and won't let go.
(b) She ran out into the middle of the road and stared.
(c) She begged Rick's father to leave them be.
(d) She screamed and cried for them not to leave.

3. What did Rick find himself wishing for at the funeral home?
(a) Another day with his grandmother.
(b) God.
(c) A way to spend more time with his mother.
(d) Heaven.

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

5. What did Aunt Mary Jo take the children out for to eat?
(a) Fried crappie.
(b) Cheeseburgers.
(c) Foot long hot dogs.
(d) Ice cream sundays.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Rick tell his family's story?

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

3. What city's bombing did Rick mention that he writes about?

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

5. How would Bobby Bragg fix his hip when it went out on him?

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