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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Rick say of the errors that occur in his story?
(a) They are lies to hide truths.
(b) They are lies created to entertain.
(c) They are there to protect people.
(d) They are only his perceptions.

3. What city's bombing did Rick mention that he writes about?
(a) Pearl Harbor.
(b) Port au Prince.
(c) Oklahoma City.
(d) Hiroshima.

4. What does Rick say about the book being called a memoir?
(a) It makes him proud.
(b) He thinks it is wrongly named.
(c) It is too fancy a name for him.
(d) He finds it appropriate.

5. What instrument did Rick's grandmother play?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Banjo.
(c) Harp.
(d) Fiddle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous singer did grandma tell Rick that she met before he died?

2. What life lesson did Rick's mother teach him that he broke when he made fun of a boy for having lice?

3. What did Rick's mother do without so that her boys could have school clothes?

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

5. When did Rick first meet his father?

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