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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the name of Rick's first reading group at school?
(a) Crows.
(b) Jaybirds.
(c) Cardinals.
(d) Blue Jays.

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

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

5. What did Rick see at church that he stated was one of the most beautiful things he had ever seen?
(a) A soul being saved.
(b) A child singing a hymn.
(c) A baptism.
(d) A healing.

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

7. What does Rick regret about his grandfather?
(a) That he wasn't harder on his father.
(b) That he never met him.
(c) That he wasn't there when he shot a woman through her breasts.
(d) That he didn't do better by his daughter.

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

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

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

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

12. What kind of a man is Rick's bother, Sam?
(a) Criminal.
(b) Successful.
(c) Hard worker.
(d) Hard drinker and fighter.

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

14. What happened in the country store when Rick went in to buy drinks while working one summer?
(a) The proprietor felt sorry for him and gives him a free soda.
(b) The proprietor accused him of stealing a soda.
(c) Rick was embarrassed because he does not have enough money.
(d) Rick dropped and broke a bottle which he cannot afford.

15. How long after quitting high school did Margaret get her GED?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Twenty-five years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Charles kill the assassin in Korea?

2. What caused Margaret to lose her job as a cotton picker?

3. What did Margaret mean when she told Sam and Mark that Rick is "travelin'"?

4. What did Rick find himself wishing for at the funeral home?

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

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