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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, The Widow's Mite, Chapters 1-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Sam and Rick do to their father on the night he attempted to hit Rick?
(a) They ran and hid.
(b) They ran to the neighbors.
(c) They called their grandfather.
(d) They beat him.

3. Who came to the city auditorium to talk to the white people of the county?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Albert Brewer.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) George Wallace.

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

5. How did Sam torture Rick in the outhouse?
(a) He would leave him there alone in the middle of the night.
(b) He told him the hole will swallow him up.
(c) He locked him in with a tomcat.
(d) He would make him close the door to darkness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rick find himself wishing for at the funeral home?

2. 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?

3. What sickness killed Rick's father?

4. What was meant by the quote "didn't have no papers on him."?

5. What does Rick Bragg mostly write about as a reporter?

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