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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What war was Rick's father in?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Korean.
(c) Dessert Strom.
(d) World War II.
2. What happened to Mark in 1965 from which his father saved him?
(a) He fell out of a tree.
(b) He was hit by a truck.
(c) He was bitten by a rattlesnake.
(d) He fell in through an icy pond.
3. What did Rick's mother do without so that her boys could have school clothes?
(a) A new dress.
(b) A nice house.
(c) Sweets.
(d) New shoes.
4. 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.
5. When sober, how did Bobby Bragg dress for dinner?
(a) In a full suit.
(b) In a clean shirt.
(c) With a shirt and tie.
(d) In overalls.
6. When did the boys stop fighting with each other?
(a) When momma cries.
(b) When one of them gets hurt.
(c) When momma yells.
(d) When momma hits them with a hickory branch.
7. What was Margaret's first real toy?
(a) A doll.
(b) A wooden turtle on a string.
(c) A stuffed bear.
(d) A red wagon.
8. What did Aunt Gracie tell the children that the chicken was that was cooking?
(a) Pidgeon.
(b) Crow.
(c) Buzzard.
(d) Eel.
9. How did Sam torture Rick in the outhouse?
(a) He would make him close the door to darkness.
(b) He locked him in with a tomcat.
(c) He told him the hole will swallow him up.
(d) He would leave him there alone in the middle of the night.
10. In general, how did Rick Bragg feel about religion as he always had?
(a) He never found the joy of it as he had seen others have.
(b) He believes it is detrimental.
(c) He is apathetic about it.
(d) He is fervent about it.
11. What payment was most likely used for the doctor who helped give birth to Rick's mother?
(a) Money.
(b) Ham.
(c) Bumdrum's homemade likker.
(d) Bumdrum's live chickens.
12. What did Sam and Rick do to their father on the night he attempted to hit Rick?
(a) They beat him.
(b) They called their grandfather.
(c) They ran and hid.
(d) They ran to the neighbors.
13. Where did Margaret get her religion from?
(a) TV preachers.
(b) Reading The Bible.
(c) A pastor comes to visit her every Sunday.
(d) Church.
14. Who went to Charles's funeral?
(a) Only Rick.
(b) Momma and the three boys.
(c) Only the three boys.
(d) Only momma.
15. What bet did Uncle Jimbo win for twenty dollars?
(a) He bet Uncle Bill's car will start.
(b) He stole one of grandpa's jugs of whiskey without getting caught.
(c) He painted a naked lady on Gracie's car.
(d) He ate a bologna sandwich while sitting on a dead donkey.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Rick tell his first girlfriend about his family?
2. What work did Rick begin in junior high?
3. What city's bombing did Rick mention that he writes about?
4. What did the poor black family down the road do for Rick's family?
5. Why did Sam become the school's janitor according to Rick?
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