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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Lies to My Mother, Chapters 25-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Louis Bolivar make seven days a week in Haiti?
(a) Clubs.
(b) Knives.
(c) Chairs.
(d) Coffins.

2. What change was made at the NY Times in Rick's first article?
(a) Most of the story.
(b) A comma.
(c) The headline.
(d) Much of the grammar.

3. Where did Margaret take the children to find "treasure"?
(a) Restaurant trash bins.
(b) Store trash bins.
(c) Neighbors trash bins.
(d) The dump.

4. What work did Rick begin in junior high?
(a) Working in Uncle Ed's store.
(b) Cleaning stalls.
(c) Hauling trash.
(d) Moving dirt and clearing land.

5. What kind of questions did Rick often find himself answering to the students at Harvard?
(a) Questions about racism.
(b) Questions about his stories.
(c) Questions about Haiti.
(d) Questions about the South.

Short Answer Questions

1. What else does "bodega" mean besides "store"?

2. What did Margaret eat when the children were small?

3. What was meant by the quote "didn't have no papers on him."?

4. What did the box contain that Rick's father gave to him on his last visit?

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

(see the answer key)

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