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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1971 what did the fraternity do at Christmas?

2. Why were Margaret's sisters better off in life than she was?

3. How did the weather make the war worse in Korea?

4. What did Rick's grandmother die from?

5. What did Grandma Ab do the last time her grandchildren drove away with their father and mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did false pride become an obstacle for Rick as a teenager?

2. Why didn't Margaret find another man to continue her life with as time passed and Charles did not return?

3. What kind of work did the boys do for their Uncle Ed? What did Rick learn from this work? What did Sam learn from this work?

4. What kind of an extended family does Rick have?

5. Why does Rick say that anyone could write this book? Is that true?

6. What did Rick experience at the Protestant Church that he attended when he is young?

7. What did the Bragg men talk about on the front porch over whiskey after dinner?

8. Why was Rick one of the usual suspects after a crime was committed, and how did he react to the whole situation?

9. What happened when Rick went to visit his father for the last time?

10. How poor was Margaret while raising her small children?

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