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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 momma lecture Rick about on the rare occasions that she lectured?
(a) Prejudice.
(b) False pride.
(c) Religion.
(d) Envy.

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

3. What gift did Rick receive in 2nd grade that had such a large impact on him?
(a) His own bed.
(b) Cowboy boots.
(c) A red wagon.
(d) A bicycle.

4. What was Margaret's first real toy?
(a) A red wagon.
(b) A wooden turtle on a string.
(c) A doll.
(d) A stuffed bear.

5. What kind of a man is Rick's bother, Sam?
(a) Criminal.
(b) Hard drinker and fighter.
(c) Hard worker.
(d) Successful.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Rick first meet his father?

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

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

4. What did Margaret expect Rick's father to do after she poured his whiskey down the drain?

5. What happened to the letters Margaret received from Charles while he was in Korea?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were some of the stories that Rick would tell in the book that he had covered as a reporter?

3. What was the relationship like between the brothers?

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

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

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

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

8. What kind of a father did Rick have?

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

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

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