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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 Charlie tell Margaret about going back to her husband when she came home for the second time?
(a) If she went back, Charlie would kill him.
(b) She must be obedient to her husband.
(c) She should never go back.
(d) She could go back, but not with her son.

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

3. What did Rick find himself wishing for at the funeral home?
(a) God.
(b) A way to spend more time with his mother.
(c) Another day with his grandmother.
(d) Heaven.

4. What made Rick finally write the book?
(a) His grandfather's death.
(b) His grandmother's death.
(c) His mother's death.
(d) His father's death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Rick's first course in college?

2. What war was Rick's father in?

3. How did Charles kill the assassin in Korea?

4. What happened in the country store when Rick went in to buy drinks while working one summer?

5. What happened to Mark in 1965 from which his father saved him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the relationship like between the brothers?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What story did Rick tell about his cowboy boots?

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

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