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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sam let Rick do when they finally went fishing?
(a) Cook the fish.
(b) Reel in the fish Sam caught.
(c) Tell momma Rick caught the fish.
(d) Bait the line.

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

3. How did Rick try to buy his way into heaven?
(a) By buying his brother a business.
(b) By buying his girlfriend a car.
(c) By buying his momma a pair of dentures.
(d) By buying his ex-wife a baby carriage.

4. What did Rick compare time lost to?
(a) A quarter in an unlucky slot machine.
(b) A poor night's sleep.
(c) A bad piece of fruit.
(d) A lost piece of jewelry.

5. What kind of people did Rick write about from Immokalee, Florida?
(a) Criminals.
(b) The homeless.
(c) Poor migrant workers who drank too much.
(d) Crew bosses.

6. What did Rick keep as a reminder of the night he went out on a dangerous story with Sean?
(a) A rock.
(b) A copy of the story.
(c) A steering wheel.
(d) A shirt.

7. What did Rick do for Dirty Red?
(a) He sent counseling to his home.
(b) He helped him find a good lawyer.
(c) He wrote a story about his innocence.
(d) He convinced him to tell his story.

8. What did Rick say that men did instead of rioting?
(a) They watched dog fights.
(b) They danced.
(c) They played football.
(d) They listened to loud music.

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

10. After Rick's second trip to Haiti, what promotion did he receive?
(a) National correspondent to the South.
(b) International correspondent to Turkey.
(c) International correspondent to Iran.
(d) National correspondent to the West.

11. Where did Sam end up finding his career?
(a) At a cottonmill.
(b) At a constuction sight.
(c) At a mechanics shop.
(d) At a bar.

12. What happened to Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 1990?
(a) He lost the election by poplular vote.
(b) He was assassinated.
(c) He went into exile.
(d) He was elected for the second time.

13. When Rick went home in 1988, how long had it been since he spent the holidays there?
(a) Five years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Seven years.

14. Why did Rick think that he had to take the city reporter's job?
(a) His mother needed the money.
(b) He had a fancy car payment.
(c) He had a wife.
(d) He had to show up the editor that insulted him.

15. What did Kovach tell Rick to answer the next time someone asks him where he learned how to write?
(a) Rick.
(b) The South.
(c) God.
(d) Kovach.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Rick direct Chapter 40 to as he talked about momma's new house?

2. What did Rick state as the reason that Mark was sober for the funeral?

3. What was momma most taken by in the new house?

4. Rosario told Rick that he confronted the armed man in his store for what reason?

5. What happened to Mark that kept Margaret shaking for days?

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