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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the redbird do that makes Rick question life?
(a) It attacked its own reflection.
(b) It hurled itself into a pool.
(c) It flew into a glass door.
(d) It threw its baby from the nest.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What memory does Rick recall of his grandmother and himself when he was five?

2. What did Rick's grandmother die from?

3. What instrument did Rick's grandmother play?

4. What bet did Uncle Jimbo win for twenty dollars?

5. What does Rick hope his story will accomplish?

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