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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: "Bridge Music," Pages 41-68 (Letters).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Roy refer to as the two cards that you keep in a hand of poker in Part One: "Bridge Music"?
(a) Family and native land.
(b) Love and loyalty.
(c) Personality and intelligence.
(d) Humor and hope.

2. What did Roy do when Celestial almost had a nervous breakdown because it seemed like the hickory-nut tree in their yard was dying?
(a) He cut it down and had it made into a table.
(b) He called a tree doctor.
(c) He did nothing.
(d) He cut it down for firewood.

3. In Part One: "Bridge Music," Roy says, "There are two kinds of people in the world" (3). What are the two types of people he describes?
(a) "Those who leave home, and those who don't."
(b) "Those who want children, and those who don't."
(c) "Those who talk, and those who listen."
(d) "Those who want to be married, and those who don't."

4. What physical trait does Roy share with Walter?
(a) Baldness.
(b) Nearsightedness.
(c) Crossed eyes.
(d) Bow legs.

5. When Celestial began making sock dolls, they were donated to what hospital to comfort crack babies?
(a) Xavier Hospital.
(b) Wilson Hospital.
(c) Grady Hospital.
(d) St. Mary's Hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what nickname do Roy and the other convicts call Walter?

2. By what nickname does Roy refer to Celestial in his letters?

3. How long after high school graduation does Roy say he departed home?

4. When Roy describes his marriage at a year and a half in Part One: "Bridge Music," what movie does he compare it to?

5. For what kind of company was Roy a rep?

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