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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. How did Sam torture Rick in the outhouse?
(a) He would make him close the door to darkness.
(b) He told him the hole will swallow him up.
(c) He locked him in with a tomcat.
(d) He would leave him there alone in the middle of the night.

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

3. What gift did Rick receive in 2nd grade that had such a large impact on him?
(a) Cowboy boots.
(b) His own bed.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A red wagon.

4. When did Rick first meet his father?
(a) When he was two.
(b) When he was ten.
(c) When he was fifteen.
(d) When he was five.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rick describe the area in which his parents were born and raised?

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

3. In what era did Rick's parents grow up?

4. What was Margaret's first real toy?

5. How would Bobby Bragg fix his hip when it went out on him?

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