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

2. What does Rick hope his story will accomplish?
(a) Heal his soul.
(b) To bring his family closer together.
(c) Make the dead dance with the living.
(d) Get at great truths.

3. What sickness killed Rick's father?
(a) Cirrhosis.
(b) Hepititus.
(c) Tuburculosis.
(d) Cancer.

4. What did Sam and Rick do to their father on the night he attempted to hit Rick?
(a) They beat him.
(b) They ran to the neighbors.
(c) They called their grandfather.
(d) They ran and hid.

5. What school did Rick attend at the age of 33?
(a) Yale.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Cornell.
(d) Oxford.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Rick's mother's response when he asked her if he could write the book?

2. What did NOT change in Rick's parents' world as the times change?

3. What reason did grandpa Charlie have for shooting a neighbor woman?

4. What kind of a man is Rick's bother, Sam?

5. Why were Margaret's sisters better off in life than she was?

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