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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were Margaret's sisters better off in life than she was?
(a) They married better.
(b) They moved to better parts of the country.
(c) They had fewer children to care for.
(d) They became educated.

2. What does Rick say about the book being called a memoir?
(a) He thinks it is wrongly named.
(b) It is too fancy a name for him.
(c) He finds it appropriate.
(d) It makes him proud.

3. What did Aunt Mary Jo take the children out for to eat?
(a) Fried crappie.
(b) Cheeseburgers.
(c) Foot long hot dogs.
(d) Ice cream sundays.

4. What happened to the letters Margaret received from Charles while he was in Korea?
(a) They were burned.
(b) He threw them away one night.
(c) She shredded them.
(d) She gave them to Rick when he gets older.

5. What did NOT change in Rick's parents' world as the times change?
(a) The religion.
(b) The music.
(c) The clothing.
(d) The scenery.

6. What was the reason that Charles whipped his daughter Margaret at the age of thirteen?
(a) Takin' the truck out for a short ride in the fields.
(b) Kickin' her sister so hard in bed one night.
(c) Takin' a sip of likker.
(d) Talkin' back to her mother.

7. How would Bobby Bragg fix his hip when it went out on him?
(a) He would go to the doctor.
(b) He would drink a lot of whiskey.
(c) He would have his sons pull his leg.
(d) His wife would pull his leg until it popped back in.

8. When did the boys stop fighting with each other?
(a) When momma cries.
(b) When momma hits them with a hickory branch.
(c) When one of them gets hurt.
(d) When momma yells.

9. What happened to Mark in 1965 from which his father saved him?
(a) He fell in through an icy pond.
(b) He was bitten by a rattlesnake.
(c) He was hit by a truck.
(d) He fell out of a tree.

10. How did Charles feel about going to Korea to kill soldiers?
(a) He did not think about it one way or another.
(b) He thought it was a party.
(c) He was afraid to go.
(d) He had no problem with the notion.

11. What is the last line of the Prologue?
(a) "Forgive me Momma."
(b) "Do you hear me, grandma?"
(c) "God help me, Momma, if I am clumsy."
(d) "I forgive you, Papa."

12. What did Margaret expect Rick's father to do after she poured his whiskey down the drain?
(a) Hit her.
(b) Leave.
(c) Find more likker.
(d) Stop drinking.

13. What school did Rick attend at the age of 33?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Yale.
(c) Cornell.
(d) Oxford.

14. What crime did John Sparks commit?
(a) Murder.
(b) Arson.
(c) Theft.
(d) Rape.

15. What trait does Rick believe he inherited from his father?
(a) Lack of fear.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Running from his problems.
(d) Quick to anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason did grandpa Charlie have for shooting a neighbor woman?

2. What kind of a man is Rick's bother, Sam?

3. What made Rick finally write the book?

4. Where did Margaret take the children to find "treasure"?

5. What did the box contain that Rick's father gave to him on his last visit?

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