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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, The Widow's Mite, Chapters 8-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Charles kill the assassin in Korea?
(a) He stabbed him.
(b) He drowned him.
(c) He strangled him.
(d) He shot him.

2. What memory does Rick recall of his grandmother and himself when he was five?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Making cookies.
(c) Listening to the radio in bed with her.
(d) Dancing in the kitchen.

3. What did Rick tell his first girlfriend about his family?
(a) The truth: that they are poor.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A lie: that they are rich.
(d) Not much just that they are like everyone else.

4. Who went to Charles's funeral?
(a) Momma and the three boys.
(b) Only momma.
(c) Only the three boys.
(d) Only Rick.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Rick love his 1969 convertible so much in high school?

2. How long after quitting high school did Margaret get her GED?

3. What made Rick finally write the book?

4. What happened in the country store when Rick went in to buy drinks while working one summer?

5. Why did Sam become the school's janitor according to Rick?

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