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Rick Bragg
Momma
Daddy
Other Family
It's finally over
100
Rick first met his father when he was this age.
What is 2 years old?
100
This special aunt drove Momma to the hospital to give birth to Rick.
Who is Aunt Gracie Juanita?
100
This illness killed Rick's father.
What is tuberculosis?
100
Grandma Ab claimed she met this country music singer before he died an early death.
Who is Hank Williams Sr.?
100
The doctor that delivered Rick's mother was likely given this as payment.
What is homemade moonshine? (Liquor and booze also acceptable).
200
Rick was rushed to the hospital as a young boy for this unfortunate incident.
Did he put a plastic poinsetta berry up his nose?
200
Momma took her children here to find "treasure".
What is the dump?
200
Aside from books, Rick's father gives him this as a rite of passage.
What is a .22 rifle?
200
Rick regrets this about his grandfather on the Bundrum side.
What is...that he never got to meet him?
200
Charlie Bundrum shot his neighbor woman due to this reason.
What is...she lied about him stealing?
300
Rick is a journalist. He attends college at this prestigious university when he is 33 years old.
Where is Harvard?
300
Rick's mother makes money for the family by doing these things.
Taking in laundry/ironing
Picking cotton
300
An assassin kills Charles' bunkmate while they are sleeping. Charles goes out and kills the assassin this way.
What is drowning?
300
Uncle Jimbo did this in order to win a 20 dollar bet.
What is...eat a bologna sandwich while seated on a dead mule?
300
Rick's parents grew up in these decades.
What were the 40s and 50s? (Partial points may be awarded)
400
This prompts Rick to tell his family's story.
What is his Grandmother Ab's death?
400
This is the last line of the prologue and works also serves as a dedication.
What is the line..."God help me, Momma, if I am clumsy.?"
400
Rick's father taught him this which helped him get a job as a reporter even though many saw him as a loser.
What is...to fight dirty?
400
This brother is a hard worker.
Who is Sam
400
Sam tortures Rick when he is in the outhouse by closing him inside with this.
What is a wild tomcat?
500
Rick questioned life when he heard this disturbing news about red birds.
Do the red birds attack their own reflections until they die? (This means some people do not like what they see.)
500
Momma's response when he asks about writing the book.
Was it "Write it; I sat quiet for fifty years."?
500
This potentially devastating event happened involving Mark and Daddy.
What is...Mark fell in a frozen pond and almost froze to death?
500
This brother is a hard drinker and fighter.
Who is Mark?
500
This description could be used about the house his daddy took them to.
What is... an old crumbling down plantation home?