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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Margaret eat when the children were small?

2. How did the weather make the war worse in Korea?

3. What did Rick see at church that he stated was one of the most beautiful things he had ever seen?

4. What does Rick say about the book being called a memoir?

5. Who went to Charles's funeral?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. What kind of a father did Rick have?

7. What kind of a woman was Rick's grandmother?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After the riots in Miami, Sean kept the rock as did Rick for a while until they couldn't keep it any more. What is the significance of the rock? What made them keep it? What made them get rid of it?

Essay Topic 2

What are Rick's views about religion? Where do they come from? How do they affect him emotionally? What does he understand that he is missing?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Rick and his brothers to an average American household. How were the boys the same as others? How were they different? Mention not only material items but how they thought about themselves and how others thought about them.

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