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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what era did Rick's parents grow up?
(a) The 50s and 60s.
(b) The 60s and 70s.
(c) The 40s and 50s.
(d) The 20s and 30s.

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

4. What bet did Uncle Jimbo win for twenty dollars?
(a) He ate a bologna sandwich while sitting on a dead donkey.
(b) He bet Uncle Bill's car will start.
(c) He stole one of grandpa's jugs of whiskey without getting caught.
(d) He painted a naked lady on Gracie's car.

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

6. What did Margaret eat when the children were small?
(a) What is given to her by others.
(b) Only bread.
(c) The scraps from their plates.
(d) What falls to the floor.

7. How would Bobby Bragg fix his hip when it went out on him?
(a) He would go to the doctor.
(b) His wife would pull his leg until it popped back in.
(c) He would drink a lot of whiskey.
(d) He would have his sons pull his leg.

8. What was the reason that Charles whipped his daughter Margaret at the age of thirteen?
(a) Takin' a sip of likker.
(b) Talkin' back to her mother.
(c) Kickin' her sister so hard in bed one night.
(d) Takin' the truck out for a short ride in the fields.

9. What did Margaret mean when she told Sam and Mark that Rick is "travelin'"?
(a) He was daydreaming.
(b) He was reading another book.
(c) He was having a seizure.
(d) He was taking a walk.

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

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

12. Why did Sam become the school's janitor according to Rick?
(a) Because he was not smart enough to do anything else.
(b) Because they never taught him that he had other opportunities.
(c) Because he never learned to read.
(d) Because he never wanted to be anything else.

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

14. In 1971 what did the fraternity do at Christmas?
(a) They brought Christmas trees to the poor children.
(b) They took the poor children to the soup kitchen.
(c) They collected toys for the poor children.
(d) They had a party for the poor children.

15. What was the name of Rick's first reading group at school?
(a) Jaybirds.
(b) Blue Jays.
(c) Cardinals.
(d) Crows.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were Margaret's sisters better off in life than she was?

2. What did NOT change in Rick's parents' world as the times change?

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

4. Why did Rick love his 1969 convertible so much in high school?

5. What happened to the letters Margaret received from Charles while he was in Korea?

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