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

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

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

5. What did Margaret mean when she told Sam and Mark that Rick is "travelin'"?
(a) He was having a seizure.
(b) He was daydreaming.
(c) He was taking a walk.
(d) He was reading another book.

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

7. When did Rick first meet his father?
(a) When he was ten.
(b) When he was two.
(c) When he was fifteen.
(d) When he was five.

8. How did Sam torture Rick in the outhouse?
(a) He told him the hole will swallow him up.
(b) He locked him in with a tomcat.
(c) He would make him close the door to darkness.
(d) He would leave him there alone in the middle of the night.

9. Why were the Bragg boys "usual suspects" in the John Sparks case?
(a) Because the police did not like their father.
(b) Because they were poor and lived close by.
(c) Because they often stuck up for black people.
(d) Because they were always getting in trouble.

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

11. What did Rick's mother do without so that her boys could have school clothes?
(a) New shoes.
(b) A nice house.
(c) Sweets.
(d) A new dress.

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

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

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

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