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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 does Rick say of the errors that occur in his story?
(a) They are lies created to entertain.
(b) They are lies to hide truths.
(c) They are only his perceptions.
(d) They are there to protect people.

2. Why did Sam become the school's janitor according to Rick?
(a) Because he never wanted to be anything else.
(b) Because he never learned to read.
(c) Because they never taught him that he had other opportunities.
(d) Because he was not smart enough to do anything else.

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

4. What school did Rick attend at the age of 33?
(a) Cornell.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Yale.
(d) Harvard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rick hope his story will accomplish?

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

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

4. What did Rick's grandmother die from?

5. How long did Rick put off writing his book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Rick react to his father's death?

2. What was Margaret's family like growing up?

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

4. What was the main reason for Rick writing this memoir?

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

6. What were the times like when Rick grew up? Where was he born? When?

7. What did the poor black boy bring to Rick's family, and what does Rick think about it now that he is an older man?

8. Why did the boys feel so out of place in their new home that their father moved them to when Rick was six?

9. Why does Rick state more than once that this is not an important book?

10. What was the Korean War story that Charles told to Rick?

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