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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Margaret eat when the children were small?
(a) What falls to the floor.
(b) Only bread.
(c) The scraps from their plates.
(d) What is given to her by others.

2. What was Rick's mother's response when he asked her if he could write the book?
(a) "Whatever you think best, son."
(b) " Why would you want to tell our story?"
(c) "Tell the truth in it, son."
(d) "Write it; I sat quiet for fifty years."

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

4. What instrument did Rick's grandmother play?
(a) Fiddle.
(b) Harp.
(c) Guitar.
(d) Banjo.

5. Why did Rick run from the police when he was riding the moped?
(a) He thought it is funny to be chased.
(b) He did not want to be arrested.
(c) He was afraid momma might cry.
(d) He wanted to be able to brag to his brothers.

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

7. 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 bread to eat.
(c) They invited them over for dinner.
(d) They brought them corn to eat.

8. 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 get the pretty girls.
(c) It allowed him to escape his small town.
(d) It made him feel equal to the other high school kids.

9. 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 no one should be laughed at.
(c) That everyone needs love.
(d) That everyone deserves a certain amount of dignity.

10. What sickness killed Rick's father?
(a) Hepititus.
(b) Tuburculosis.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Cirrhosis.

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

12. What payment was most likely used for the doctor who helped give birth to Rick's mother?
(a) Bumdrum's live chickens.
(b) Ham.
(c) Money.
(d) Bumdrum's homemade likker.

13. What did Rick and Uncle Ed both acknowledge early on about Rick's future?
(a) That he will end up just like his father.
(b) That he will be stuck working hard for no money.
(c) That he will leave home and never return.
(d) That he will find a good job someday.

14. Who went to Charles's funeral?
(a) Only momma.
(b) Only Rick.
(c) Momma and the three boys.
(d) Only the three boys.

15. What did Grandma Ab do the last time her grandchildren drove away with their father and mother?
(a) She screamed and cried for them not to leave.
(b) She begged Rick's father to leave them be.
(c) She ran out into the middle of the road and stared.
(d) She held onto Rick and won't let go.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Mark in 1965 from which his father saved him?

2. How long did Rick have the 1969 convertible?

3. Why did Sam become the school's janitor according to Rick?

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

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

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