View a FREE sample

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 war was Rick's father in?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Korean.
(c) Dessert Strom.
(d) World War II.

2. What was acceptable practice and what was not in the foothills?
(a) Not to be able to read; not to be able to dance.
(b) Fighting and drinking.
(c) Not to be able to read; not to be able to fight.
(d) Beating your childen and missing church.

3. What made Rick finally write the book?
(a) His mother's death.
(b) His father's death.
(c) His grandmother's death.
(d) His grandfather's death.

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

5. Why was Rick rushed to the hospital as a young boy?
(a) He sucked a plastic berry up his nose.
(b) He fell out of a tree and broke his leg.
(c) He punched his brother and broke his hand.
(d) He fell into the hole in the outhouse and broke his arm.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was the house like that Rick's father brought them to when Rick was six years old?

4. What was the reason that Charles whipped his daughter Margaret at the age of thirteen?

5. How does Rick describe the area in which his parents were born and raised?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 327 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample