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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 did Margaret eat when the children were small?
(a) Only bread.
(b) The scraps from their plates.
(c) What is given to her by others.
(d) What falls to the floor.

2. What did Aunt Mary Jo take the children out for to eat?
(a) Foot long hot dogs.
(b) Ice cream sundays.
(c) Fried crappie.
(d) Cheeseburgers.

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

4. Who came to the city auditorium to talk to the white people of the county?
(a) Albert Brewer.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) George Wallace.
(d) Richard Nixon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When sober, how did Bobby Bragg dress for dinner?

2. How did Charles kill the assassin in Korea?

3. What trait does Rick believe he inherited from his father?

4. Why were the Bragg boys "usual suspects" in the John Sparks case?

5. How did Rick view his time in high school?

(see the answer key)

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