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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. What does Rick say about this book?
(a) That it is a story meant only for his family.
(b) That he wrote it for himself.
(c) That everyone should read it.
(d) That it is not important.

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

3. What did Aunt Gracie tell the children that the chicken was that was cooking?
(a) Pidgeon.
(b) Crow.
(c) Eel.
(d) Buzzard.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rick say of the errors that occur in his story?

2. How did Charles kill the assassin in Korea?

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

4. How did Sam torture Rick in the outhouse?

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

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