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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happened in 1991 that Rick got to experience that terrified him deeply?
(a) A young boy getting killed in an accident.
(b) A train wreck with many left dead.
(c) A murder in a grocery store.
(d) A riot in Miami.

3. In writing about sports, what did Rick come to realize were the only types of stories that he wanted to write?
(a) Death.
(b) Car racing.
(c) Football.
(d) The ones in which people struggle.

4. What did Rick never do alone?
(a) Eat jellybeans.
(b) Drink.
(c) Go to the movies.
(d) Go out to eat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rick's wife tell him that scared him out of the marriage?

2. Why did Margaret stay home from Abigail's funeral?

3. What did Sam ask from Rick in return for his staying behind in Alabama and Rick going out into the world?

4. Why did Rick lose his job at the Birmingham paper?

5. What was different about Thanksgiving in the new house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the stories that Rick experienced in Clearwater?

2. In winter of 1994, where was Rick and what was he writing about?

3. At Thanksgiving in the new house, what did Rick and Sam learn?

4. What did Rick find on his second visit to Haiti?

5. How did Mark's life affect momma and why?

6. How did Rick fare at Harvard?

7. What happened when the American soldiers finally came to Haiti?

8. What gifts did Rick give his mother after he became a successful journalist, and what gift did he want to give his mother? How did he feel about these gifts?

9. Why did Rick never drink alone?

10. How did Rick feel about the Fellowship to Harvard and why? How did his family feel?

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