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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 is the story of the widow's mite?
(a) A woman who is infested with bugs.
(b) A woman who shuns the church because her husband dies.
(c) A widowed woman who takes in poor children.
(d) A poor woman who gave to the temple and God recognized the gift.

2. Why did Rick love his 1969 convertible so much in high school?
(a) It allowed him to get the pretty girls.
(b) The other guys loved it, so they paid attention to him.
(c) It made him feel equal to the other high school kids.
(d) It allowed him to escape his small town.

3. How did Rick view his time in high school?
(a) He worked too hard at his job to take time for it.
(b) He worked hard at it.
(c) He learned a lot from it.
(d) He wasted it.

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

5. What does Rick Bragg mostly write about as a reporter?
(a) Washington.
(b) Politics.
(c) War.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was "Dinner on the Ground"?

2. Who went to Charles's funeral?

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

4. What did Grandma Ab do the last time her grandchildren drove away with their father and mother?

5. Why were Margaret's sisters better off in life than she was?

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