2. What did the redbird do that makes Rick question life?
(a) It threw its baby from the nest.
(b) It attacked its own reflection.
(c) It flew into a glass door.
(d) It hurled itself into a pool.

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

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

5. What did Rick find himself wishing for at the funeral home?
(a) Heaven.
(b) A way to spend more time with his mother.
(c) God.
(d) Another day with his grandmother.

6. What did Charlie tell Margaret about going back to her husband when she came home for the second time?
(a) She should never go back.
(b) If she went back, Charlie would kill him.
(c) She must be obedient to her husband.
(d) She could go back, but not with her son.

7. How long did Rick have the 1969 convertible?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) All of high school.
(c) His whole life.
(d) Six months.

8. What did the poor black family down the road do for Rick's family?
(a) They invited them to their church.
(b) They brought them corn to eat.
(c) They brought them bread to eat.
(d) They invited them over for dinner.

9. What does Rick Bragg mostly write about as a reporter?
(a) War.
(b) Washington.
(c) Politics.
(d) Death.

10. What was the house like that Rick's father brought them to when Rick was six years old?
(a) A mansion.
(b) Big but decrepit.
(c) Just big enough for all of them.
(d) Small, but in good shape.

11. What war was Rick's father in?
(a) Korean.
(b) Dessert Strom.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) World War II.

12. What did Rick's grandmother die from?
(a) Kidney failure.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Heart failure.
(d) Pneumonia.

13. In general, how did Rick Bragg feel about religion as he always had?
(a) He is apathetic about it.
(b) He is fervent about it.
(c) He never found the joy of it as he had seen others have.
(d) He believes it is detrimental.

14. How does Rick describe the area in which his parents were born and raised?
(a) The monied South.
(b) The poor Old South.
(c) The land of poor churches.
(d) Bible country.

15. What gift did Rick receive in 2nd grade that had such a large impact on him?
(a) Cowboy boots.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) His own bed.
(d) A red wagon.