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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. When sober, how did Bobby Bragg dress for dinner?
(a) With a shirt and tie.
(b) In a full suit.
(c) In a clean shirt.
(d) In overalls.

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

3. What did Aunt Gracie tell the children that the chicken was that was cooking?
(a) Pidgeon.
(b) Crow.
(c) Eel.
(d) Buzzard.

4. What did Rick write in the Jacksonville News?
(a) Entertainment news.
(b) Local news.
(c) Sports news.
(d) Obituaries.

5. What famous singer did grandma tell Rick that she met before he died?
(a) Frank Sinatra.
(b) Hank Williams.
(c) Perry Como.
(d) Johnny Cash.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Charles feel about going to Korea to kill soldiers?

2. How did Sam torture Rick in the outhouse?

3. What did Sam and Rick do to their father on the night he attempted to hit Rick?

4. How would Bobby Bragg fix his hip when it went out on him?

5. What did Rick's grandmother die from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Rick miss his grandmother's death?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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