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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bet did Uncle Jimbo win for twenty dollars?
(a) He ate a bologna sandwich while sitting on a dead donkey.
(b) He stole one of grandpa's jugs of whiskey without getting caught.
(c) He painted a naked lady on Gracie's car.
(d) He bet Uncle Bill's car will start.

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

3. When did Rick first meet his father?
(a) When he was two.
(b) When he was fifteen.
(c) When he was five.
(d) When he was ten.

4. What does Rick regret about his grandfather?
(a) That he wasn't harder on his father.
(b) That he never met him.
(c) That he didn't do better by his daughter.
(d) That he wasn't there when he shot a woman through her breasts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rick's grandmother die from?

2. What does Rick say about this book?

3. What did the redbird do that makes Rick question life?

4. What does Rick say of the errors that occur in his story?

5. What happened to Mark in 1965 from which his father saved him?

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