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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 does Rick regret about his grandfather?
(a) That he didn't do better by his daughter.
(b) That he wasn't there when he shot a woman through her breasts.
(c) That he wasn't harder on his father.
(d) That he never met him.

2. What did Rick's father teach him that helped him get to his job as a reporter even though many saw him as a loser?
(a) To work hard.
(b) To fight dirty.
(c) To get what you want out of life.
(d) To never take nothin' form nobody.

3. Why were Margaret's sisters better off in life than she was?
(a) They married better.
(b) They had fewer children to care for.
(c) They moved to better parts of the country.
(d) They became educated.

4. Why did Rick tell his family's story?
(a) To forgive his father.
(b) To record his mother's sacrifices.
(c) To make himself feel better.
(d) To make his brothers feel better.

5. What sickness killed Rick's father?
(a) Cirrhosis.
(b) Tuburculosis.
(c) Hepititus.
(d) Cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In general, how did Rick Bragg feel about religion as he always had?

2. How did Sam torture Rick in the outhouse?

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

4. What did Sam and Rick do to their father on the night he attempted to hit Rick?

5. How old was Charles when he died?

(see the answer key)

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