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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Getting Even With Life, Chapters 34-42.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the eighty-seven year old Miss McCarty do with the money she saved over her lifetime?
(a) Gave it to the Red Cross to help the poor.
(b) Gave it to the church to feed the poor.
(c) Gave it to the local police to protect the poor.
(d) Gave it to the local university for scholarships for the poor.

2. Why do the soldiers of Haiti randomly shoot the poor?
(a) To sell their bodies back to their families.
(b) To teach others a lesson.
(c) Because the poor are beggars and thieves.
(d) Because the poor cause riots.

3. What payment was most likely used for the doctor who helped give birth to Rick's mother?
(a) Bumdrum's homemade likker.
(b) Ham.
(c) Bumdrum's live chickens.
(d) Money.

4. What happened to Rick when he was out on the boat in the Everglades?
(a) He was led to believe that they were fishing for gators.
(b) He fell into the water with the gators.
(c) He was tricked into taking pictures of gators.
(d) He was bitten by a gator.

5. Where was Rick working in the winter of 1964 as Chapter 16 opened?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Chicago Tribune.
(c) The Boston Herald.
(d) The Jacksonvill News.

Short Answer Questions

1. What work did Rick begin in junior high?

2. What kind of a man is Rick's brother, Mark?

3. What part of the NY Times staff helped Rick the most when he first got there?

4. What did Rick go home for in the year that he was in Haiti?

5. Where did Sam end up finding his career?

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