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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) Pidgeon.
(b) Buzzard.
(c) Eel.
(d) Crow.

2. What does Rick say about this book?
(a) That he wrote it for himself.
(b) That it is not important.
(c) That it is a story meant only for his family.
(d) That everyone should read it.

3. What war was Rick's father in?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Dessert Strom.
(c) Korean.
(d) World War II.

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

5. What did Rick find himself wishing for at the funeral home?
(a) Another day with his grandmother.
(b) Heaven.
(c) God.
(d) A way to spend more time with his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rick's mother do without so that her boys could have school clothes?

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

3. What does Rick hope his story will accomplish?

4. What life lesson did Rick's mother teach him that he broke when he made fun of a boy for having lice?

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

(see the answer key)

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