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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 see at church that he stated was one of the most beautiful things he had ever seen?
(a) A child singing a hymn.
(b) A baptism.
(c) A healing.
(d) A soul being saved.

2. What caused Margaret to lose her job as a cotton picker?
(a) She was too slow at it.
(b) The government.
(c) Migrant workers.
(d) Machines.

3. What sickness killed Rick's father?
(a) Tuburculosis.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Hepititus.
(d) Cirrhosis.

4. What was the reason that Charles whipped his daughter Margaret at the age of thirteen?
(a) Talkin' back to her mother.
(b) Takin' the truck out for a short ride in the fields.
(c) Kickin' her sister so hard in bed one night.
(d) Takin' a sip of likker.

5. In what era did Rick's parents grow up?
(a) The 40s and 50s.
(b) The 60s and 70s.
(c) The 50s and 60s.
(d) The 20s and 30s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the house like that Rick's father brought them to when Rick was six years old?

2. Why did Rick tell his family's story?

3. How did Sam torture Rick in the outhouse?

4. What life lesson did Rick's mother teach him that he broke when he made fun of a boy for having lice?

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

(see the answer key)

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