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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Lies to My Mother, Chapters 16-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the boys stop fighting with each other?
(a) When momma cries.
(b) When momma hits them with a hickory branch.
(c) When momma yells.
(d) When one of them gets hurt.

2. What happened to Rick when he was out on the boat in the Everglades?
(a) He was bitten by a gator.
(b) He fell into the water with the gators.
(c) He was led to believe that they were fishing for gators.
(d) He was tricked into taking pictures of gators.

3. What payment was most likely used for the doctor who helped give birth to Rick's mother?
(a) Bumdrum's live chickens.
(b) Bumdrum's homemade likker.
(c) Money.
(d) Ham.

4. What was Rick's mother's response when he asked her if he could write the book?
(a) "Write it; I sat quiet for fifty years."
(b) "Whatever you think best, son."
(c) " Why would you want to tell our story?"
(d) "Tell the truth in it, son."

5. Where was Rick working in the winter of 1964 as Chapter 16 opened?
(a) The Jacksonvill News.
(b) The Chicago Tribune.
(c) The Boston Herald.
(d) The New York Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. What crime did John Sparks commit?

2. How did Rick try to buy his way into heaven?

3. Where did Margaret get her religion from?

4. What does Rick say about this book?

5. Why didn't Rick take the job he wanted at the St. Petersburg Times?

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