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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 did Aunt Gracie tell the children that the chicken was that was cooking?
(a) Crow.
(b) Pidgeon.
(c) Buzzard.
(d) Eel.

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

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

4. What did Charlie tell Margaret about going back to her husband when she came home for the second time?
(a) She must be obedient to her husband.
(b) She should never go back.
(c) She could go back, but not with her son.
(d) If she went back, Charlie would kill him.

5. Why was Rick rushed to the hospital as a young boy?
(a) He punched his brother and broke his hand.
(b) He fell into the hole in the outhouse and broke his arm.
(c) He sucked a plastic berry up his nose.
(d) He fell out of a tree and broke his leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the poor black family down the road do for Rick's family?

2. What does Rick hope his story will accomplish?

3. What famous singer did grandma tell Rick that she met before he died?

4. How did Charles kill the assassin in Korea?

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

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