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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of a man is Rick's bother, Sam?
(a) Criminal.
(b) Hard worker.
(c) Hard drinker and fighter.
(d) Successful.

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

4. How long did Rick put off writing his book?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Fifteen years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rick hope his story will accomplish?

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

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

4. What did Aunt Gracie tell the children that the chicken was that was cooking?

5. What kind of a man is Rick's brother, Mark?

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