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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 Mary Jo take the children out for to eat?
(a) Fried crappie.
(b) Foot long hot dogs.
(c) Ice cream sundays.
(d) Cheeseburgers.

2. What was Rick's mother's response when he asked her if he could write the book?
(a) "Tell the truth in it, son."
(b) "Write it; I sat quiet for fifty years."
(c) "Whatever you think best, son."
(d) " Why would you want to tell our story?"

3. What kind of a man is Rick's brother, Mark?
(a) Family man.
(b) Hard worker.
(c) Hard drinker and fighter.
(d) Criminal.

4. What did Rick's grandmother die from?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Kidney failure.
(d) Heart failure.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Rick first meet his father?

3. Why did Rick tell his family's story?

4. What does Rick say about the book being called a memoir?

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

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