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

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

3. Why did Rick tell his family's story?
(a) To make his brothers feel better.
(b) To make himself feel better.
(c) To forgive his father.
(d) To record his mother's sacrifices.

4. What did Rick's grandmother die from?
(a) Heart failure.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Kidney failure.

5. 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 work hard.
(b) To fight dirty.
(c) To get what you want out of life.
(d) To never take nothin' form nobody.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of a man is Rick's bother, Sam?

2. Why did Margaret bury Rick's muddy sneakers?

3. What did Aunt Mary Jo take the children out for to eat?

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

5. What war was Rick's father in?

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