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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What famous singer did grandma tell Rick that she met before he died?
(a) Perry Como.
(b) Hank Williams.
(c) Frank Sinatra.
(d) Johnny Cash.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What made Rick finally write the book?

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

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

4. What did Rick's grandmother die from?

5. What did Rick's father teach him that helped him get to his job as a reporter even though many saw him as a loser?

(see the answer key)

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