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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 was Margaret's first real toy?
(a) A doll.
(b) A wooden turtle on a string.
(c) A stuffed bear.
(d) A red wagon.

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

3. How would Bobby Bragg fix his hip when it went out on him?
(a) He would go to the doctor.
(b) He would drink a lot of whiskey.
(c) His wife would pull his leg until it popped back in.
(d) He would have his sons pull his leg.

4. How does Rick describe the area in which his parents were born and raised?
(a) The land of poor churches.
(b) The monied South.
(c) Bible country.
(d) The poor Old South.

5. What made Rick finally write the book?
(a) His father's death.
(b) His mother's death.
(c) His grandmother's death.
(d) His grandfather's death.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Charles kill the assassin in Korea?

5. What did Aunt Mary Jo take the children out for to eat?

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