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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, The Widow's Mite, Chapters 8-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was meant by the quote "didn't have no papers on him."?
(a) No records were kept of dead babies.
(b) The hospital did not have papers on the dead baby.
(c) The baby never existed.
(d) The baby was never christened.

2. What does Rick Bragg mostly write about as a reporter?
(a) War.
(b) Politics.
(c) Death.
(d) Washington.

3. What did Rick and Uncle Ed both acknowledge early on about Rick's future?
(a) That he will be stuck working hard for no money.
(b) That he will find a good job someday.
(c) That he will leave home and never return.
(d) That he will end up just like his father.

4. What was the house like that Rick's father brought them to when Rick was six years old?
(a) Big but decrepit.
(b) Just big enough for all of them.
(c) Small, but in good shape.
(d) A mansion.

5. What was Rick's first course in college?
(a) Journalism.
(b) Creative Writing.
(c) Literature.
(d) Compostition.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rick describe the area in which his parents were born and raised?

2. How did Charles feel about going to Korea to kill soldiers?

3. What payment was most likely used for the doctor who helped give birth to Rick's mother?

4. What is the last line of the Prologue?

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

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