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

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

3. What was the house like that Rick's father brought them to when Rick was six years old?
(a) A mansion.
(b) Big but decrepit.
(c) Just big enough for all of them.
(d) Small, but in good shape.

4. How did Charles feel about going to Korea to kill soldiers?
(a) He was afraid to go.
(b) He had no problem with the notion.
(c) He thought it was a party.
(d) He did not think about it one way or another.

5. What was meant by the quote "didn't have no papers on him."?
(a) No records were kept of dead babies.
(b) The hospital did not have papers on the dead baby.
(c) The baby never existed.
(d) The baby was never christened.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sam and Rick do to their father on the night he attempted to hit Rick?

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

3. In what era did Rick's parents grow up?

4. What reason did grandpa Charlie have for shooting a neighbor woman?

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

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