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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Getting Even With Life, Chapters 34-42.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Margaret mean when she told Sam and Mark that Rick is "travelin'"?
(a) He was daydreaming.
(b) He was reading another book.
(c) He was taking a walk.
(d) He was having a seizure.

2. What was momma most taken by in the new house?
(a) The dishwasher.
(b) The doorbell.
(c) The thermostat.
(d) The hot running water.

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

4. What did Rick tell his first girlfriend about his family?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Not much just that they are like everyone else.
(c) The truth: that they are poor.
(d) A lie: that they are rich.

5. What reason did grandpa Charlie have for shooting a neighbor woman?
(a) She came at him with a knife.
(b) She told the police he made likker.
(c) She hit one of his children.
(d) She lied about his stealing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sam ask from Rick in return for his staying behind in Alabama and Rick going out into the world?

2. What did the young South Carolina woman say happened to her two boys?

3. What was "Dinner on the Ground"?

4. What famous singer did grandma tell Rick that she met before he died?

5. How long after quitting high school did Margaret get her GED?

(see the answer key)

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