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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Lies to My Mother, Chapters 25-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Rick's wife tell him that scared him out of the marriage?
(a) She did not want him traveling for his stories.
(b) He worked too late.
(c) She thought she was pregnant.
(d) He only cared about his work.

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

3. Why did the serial diner keep committing the same crime?
(a) He liked the attention.
(b) He wanted to be in jail where he got three meals a day.
(c) He did not want to be alone.
(d) He believed it makes him famous.

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

5. What work did Rick begin in junior high?
(a) Hauling trash.
(b) Moving dirt and clearing land.
(c) Working in Uncle Ed's store.
(d) Cleaning stalls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did momma lecture Rick about on the rare occasions that she lectured?

2. In general, how did Rick Bragg feel about religion as he always had?

3. Why did Rick quit college?

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

5. Why did Rick run from the police when he was riding the moped?

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