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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. Who drove Margaret to the hospital when she gave birth to Rick?
(a) Aunt Gracie Juanita.
(b) Grandma Ava.
(c) Rick's dad.
(d) Grandpa Charlie.

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

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

4. In 1971 what did the fraternity do at Christmas?
(a) They collected toys for the poor children.
(b) They took the poor children to the soup kitchen.
(c) They brought Christmas trees to the poor children.
(d) They had a party for the poor children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rick Bragg mostly write about as a reporter?

2. What does Rick hope his story will accomplish?

3. What kind of a man is Rick's brother, Mark?

4. What did Rick tell his first girlfriend about his family?

5. In what era did Rick's parents grow up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the area like and what were the people like where Rick and his parents grew up?

2. How did Rick feel about his high school years as he looked back on them?

3. What kind of a father did Rick have?

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

5. What does Rick choose to believe about his father's neglect and abuse of his family?

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

7. What did Rick come to realize at the Fraternity Christmas Party, and how did he feel about it?

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

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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