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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 did Aunt Gracie tell the children that the chicken was that was cooking?
(a) Buzzard.
(b) Eel.
(c) Crow.
(d) Pidgeon.

2. What did Rick compare time lost to?
(a) A lost piece of jewelry.
(b) A quarter in an unlucky slot machine.
(c) A bad piece of fruit.
(d) A poor night's sleep.

3. What was Margaret's first real toy?
(a) A doll.
(b) A red wagon.
(c) A stuffed bear.
(d) A wooden turtle on a string.

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

5. 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) Rick dropped and broke a bottle which he cannot afford.
(c) The proprietor felt sorry for him and gives him a free soda.
(d) The proprietor accused him of stealing a soda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rick tell him momma that he wrote about?

2. What was the reason that Charles whipped his daughter Margaret at the age of thirteen?

3. What statue stands in Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham?

4. What did momma feel about Mark's jail terms?

5. Who drove Margaret to the hospital when she gave birth to Rick?

(see the answer key)

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