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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 was Rick's first course in college?
(a) Journalism.
(b) Compostition.
(c) Creative Writing.
(d) Literature.

2. How would Bobby Bragg fix his hip when it went out on him?
(a) He would drink a lot of whiskey.
(b) His wife would pull his leg until it popped back in.
(c) He would have his sons pull his leg.
(d) He would go to the doctor.

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

4. What did Rick's father teach him that helped him get to his job as a reporter even though many saw him as a loser?
(a) To get what you want out of life.
(b) To fight dirty.
(c) To never take nothin' form nobody.
(d) To work hard.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was Rick rushed to the hospital as a young boy?

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

4. What made Rick finally write the book?

5. What does Rick regret about his grandfather?

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