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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What school did Rick attend at the age of 33?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Cornell.
(c) Yale.
(d) Oxford.

2. What bet did Uncle Jimbo win for twenty dollars?
(a) He ate a bologna sandwich while sitting on a dead donkey.
(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 bet Uncle Bill's car will start.

3. What did the redbird do that makes Rick question life?
(a) It attacked its own reflection.
(b) It flew into a glass door.
(c) It hurled itself into a pool.
(d) It threw its baby from the nest.

4. What was Rick's mother's response when he asked her if he could write the book?
(a) "Whatever you think best, son."
(b) "Write it; I sat quiet for fifty years."
(c) "Tell the truth in it, son."
(d) " Why would you want to tell our story?"

5. What made Rick finally write the book?
(a) His mother's death.
(b) His grandmother's death.
(c) His grandfather's death.
(d) His father's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rick regret about his grandfather?

2. What did Rick's grandmother die from?

3. How long did Rick put off writing his book?

4. What city's bombing did Rick mention that he writes about?

5. What did Rick's father teach him that helped him get to his job as a reporter even though many saw him as a loser?

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