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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was acceptable practice and what was not in the foothills?
(a) Not to be able to read; not to be able to fight.
(b) Beating your childen and missing church.
(c) Fighting and drinking.
(d) Not to be able to read; not to be able to dance.

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

3. What life lesson did Rick's mother teach him that he broke when he made fun of a boy for having lice?
(a) That poor people should be treated with extra care.
(b) That everyone needs love.
(c) That no one should be laughed at.
(d) That everyone deserves a certain amount of dignity.

4. Where did Margaret take the children to find "treasure"?
(a) Store trash bins.
(b) Restaurant trash bins.
(c) Neighbors trash bins.
(d) The dump.

5. Who drove Margaret to the hospital when she gave birth to Rick?
(a) Rick's dad.
(b) Grandma Ava.
(c) Aunt Gracie Juanita.
(d) Grandpa Charlie.

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

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

8. What did Rick's father teach him that helped him get to his job as a reporter even though many saw him as a loser?
(a) To never take nothin' form nobody.
(b) To fight dirty.
(c) To work hard.
(d) To get what you want out of life.

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

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

11. What did the box contain that Rick's father gave to him on his last visit?
(a) Car magazines.
(b) Ammunition.
(c) Dirty books.
(d) Classical literature.

12. How long did Rick put off writing his book?
(a) Fifteen years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Five years.

13. What was Margaret's first real toy?
(a) A doll.
(b) A red wagon.
(c) A wooden turtle on a string.
(d) A stuffed bear.

14. What does Rick say about this book?
(a) That it is a story meant only for his family.
(b) That he wrote it for himself.
(c) That it is not important.
(d) That everyone should read it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rick describe the area in which his parents were born and raised?

2. How did Sam torture Rick in the outhouse?

3. Why were the Bragg boys "usual suspects" in the John Sparks case?

4. Who came to the city auditorium to talk to the white people of the county?

5. What did Margaret expect Rick's father to do after she poured his whiskey down the drain?

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