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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. In general, how did Rick Bragg feel about religion as he always had?
(a) He never found the joy of it as he had seen others have.
(b) He is apathetic about it.
(c) He believes it is detrimental.
(d) He is fervent about it.

2. Where did Margaret take the children to find "treasure"?
(a) Restaurant trash bins.
(b) The dump.
(c) Neighbors trash bins.
(d) Store trash bins.

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

4. What did Rick's mother do without so that her boys could have school clothes?
(a) A new dress.
(b) Sweets.
(c) New shoes.
(d) A nice house.

5. Why were the Bragg boys "usual suspects" in the John Sparks case?
(a) Because the police did not like their father.
(b) Because they were poor and lived close by.
(c) Because they often stuck up for black people.
(d) Because they were always getting in trouble.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the house like that Rick's father brought them to when Rick was six years old?

2. What was acceptable practice and what was not in the foothills?

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

4. What was the name of Rick's first reading group at school?

5. What did Charlie tell Margaret about going back to her husband when she came home for the second time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kind of work did the boys do for their Uncle Ed? What did Rick learn from this work? What did Sam learn from this work?

3. How poor was Margaret while raising her small children?

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

5. When did Rick choose to write this memoir and why?

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

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

8. What male influence did Rick and his brother's have in their lives?

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

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

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