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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Sam become the school's janitor according to Rick?

2. What did Rick see at church that he stated was one of the most beautiful things he had ever seen?

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

4. How would Bobby Bragg fix his hip when it went out on him?

5. Who drove Margaret to the hospital when she gave birth to Rick?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Rick feel about his high school years as he looked back on them?

2. How poor was Margaret while raising her small children?

3. Why was Rick one of the usual suspects after a crime was committed, and how did he react to the whole situation?

4. Why did the boys feel so out of place in their new home that their father moved them to when Rick was six?

5. How did Rick react to his father's death?

6. What did Rick experience at the Protestant Church that he attended when he is young?

7. What was the Korean War story that Charles told to Rick?

8. What did the Bragg men talk about on the front porch over whiskey after dinner?

9. What kind of an extended family does Rick have?

10. What story did Rick tell about his cowboy boots?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the three brothers. How do their differences affect the choices that they make in life?

Essay Topic 2

What is a widow's mite, and why does Rick Bragg use it as a title for the first section of the book?

Essay Topic 3

How did the Nieman Fellowship and the Harvard education validate Rick? What was he looking for validation for? Did it change him? How so?

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