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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 Rick tell him momma that he wrote about?
(a) Animals.
(b) Gangs in the streets of various cities around the world.
(c) Happy stories.
(d) Sports.

2. Why did Sam become the school's janitor according to Rick?
(a) Because he never wanted to be anything else.
(b) Because he never learned to read.
(c) Because they never taught him that he had other opportunities.
(d) Because he was not smart enough to do anything else.

3. How long after quitting high school did Margaret get her GED?
(a) Twenty-five years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Ten years.

4. Why did Rick quit college?
(a) He got a job as a reporter.
(b) He can't handle the work load.
(c) He did not feel like he is learning enough.
(d) He did not like it.

5. What statue stands in Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham?
(a) Martin Luther King Jr.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) George Wallace.
(d) Bear Bryant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the one gift that Rick wanted more than anything to give his mother?

3. What became of Sam?

4. What caused Margaret to lose her job as a cotton picker?

5. Who came to the city auditorium to talk to the white people of the county?

(see the answer key)

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