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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Lies to My Mother, Chapters 16-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened in the country store when Rick went in to buy drinks while working one summer?
(a) Rick was embarrassed because he does not have enough money.
(b) The proprietor felt sorry for him and gives him a free soda.
(c) Rick dropped and broke a bottle which he cannot afford.
(d) The proprietor accused him of stealing a soda.

2. What became of Sam?
(a) He worked hard, married, and had children.
(b) He drank himself to death.
(c) He could not hold onto a job or relationship.
(d) He got injured on a job and never worked again.

3. What kind of a man is Rick's brother, Mark?
(a) Hard drinker and fighter.
(b) Family man.
(c) Hard worker.
(d) Criminal.

4. Why did Rick think that he had to take the city reporter's job?
(a) He had a wife.
(b) He had a fancy car payment.
(c) His mother needed the money.
(d) He had to show up the editor that insulted him.

5. What did Rick tell him momma that he wrote about?
(a) Animals.
(b) Happy stories.
(c) Sports.
(d) Gangs in the streets of various cities around the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What made Rick finally write the book?

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

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

4. What did Rick's wife tell him that scared him out of the marriage?

5. What caused Margaret to lose her job as a cotton picker?

(see the answer key)

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