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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who came to the city auditorium to talk to the white people of the county?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) George Wallace.
(d) Albert Brewer.

10. When sober, how did Bobby Bragg dress for dinner?
(a) In overalls.
(b) In a clean shirt.
(c) In a full suit.
(d) With a shirt and tie.

11. Why did Rick love his 1969 convertible so much in high school?
(a) The other guys loved it, so they paid attention to him.
(b) It allowed him to escape his small town.
(c) It made him feel equal to the other high school kids.
(d) It allowed him to get the pretty girls.

12. How old was Charles when he died?
(a) 41.
(b) 31.
(c) 61.
(d) 51.

13. What was Rick's first course in college?
(a) Creative Writing.
(b) Journalism.
(c) Literature.
(d) Compostition.

14. What made Rick finally write the book?
(a) His mother's death.
(b) His grandmother's death.
(c) His father's death.
(d) His grandfather's death.

15. How did the weather make the war worse in Korea?
(a) It was freezing cold.
(b) It was boiling hot.
(c) It was always raining.
(d) It was terribly windy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Sam torture Rick in the outhouse?

2. What does Rick Bragg mostly write about as a reporter?

3. Where did Margaret get her religion from?

4. What does Rick say of the errors that occur in his story?

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

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