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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Rick say about the book being called a memoir?
(a) It makes him proud.
(b) He finds it appropriate.
(c) It is too fancy a name for him.
(d) He thinks it is wrongly named.

3. What life lesson did Rick's mother teach him that he broke when he made fun of a boy for having lice?
(a) That everyone deserves a certain amount of dignity.
(b) That no one should be laughed at.
(c) That poor people should be treated with extra care.
(d) That everyone needs love.

4. What is the last line of the Prologue?
(a) "Forgive me Momma."
(b) "God help me, Momma, if I am clumsy."
(c) "I forgive you, Papa."
(d) "Do you hear me, grandma?"

5. What happened to Mark in 1965 from which his father saved him?
(a) He fell out of a tree.
(b) He fell in through an icy pond.
(c) He was hit by a truck.
(d) He was bitten by a rattlesnake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rick's grandmother die from?

2. How long did Rick put off writing his book?

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

4. When did Rick first meet his father?

5. What does Rick hope his story will accomplish?

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