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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 happened to Mark in 1965 from which his father saved him?
(a) He fell out of a tree.
(b) He was bitten by a rattlesnake.
(c) He was hit by a truck.
(d) He fell in through an icy pond.

2. What was the name of Rick's first reading group at school?
(a) Blue Jays.
(b) Crows.
(c) Cardinals.
(d) Jaybirds.

3. What does Rick say about the book being called a memoir?
(a) It makes him proud.
(b) He finds it appropriate.
(c) It is too fancy a name for him.
(d) He thinks it is wrongly named.

4. What city's bombing did Rick mention that he writes about?
(a) Pearl Harbor.
(b) Hiroshima.
(c) Oklahoma City.
(d) Port au Prince.

5. Why were Margaret's sisters better off in life than she was?
(a) They married better.
(b) They had fewer children to care for.
(c) They became educated.
(d) They moved to better parts of the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the box contain that Rick's father gave to him on his last visit?

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

3. What did Aunt Gracie tell the children that the chicken was that was cooking?

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

5. How did the weather make the war worse in Korea?

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