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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 was the one gift that Rick wanted more than anything to give his mother?
(a) A new wardrobe.
(b) A vacation.
(c) A house.
(d) A car.

2. What did Rick go home for in the year that he was in Haiti?
(a) Grandma's death.
(b) Christmas.
(c) The birth of Sam's son.
(d) Thanksgiving.

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

4. How long did Rick work for the L.A. Times?
(a) One year.
(b) One month.
(c) One winter.
(d) One week.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What statue stands in Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham?

2. What did the eighty-seven year old Miss McCarty do with the money she saved over her lifetime?

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

4. What storm stopped Rick from leaving for his Fellowship on the day he was supposed to?

5. Why did Rick come to dislike Jimmy Carter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Rick question his feelings about being a reporter after the Oklahoma City bombings?

2. What comparisons did Rick make between himself and his father? How did he feel about the comparisons?

3. Why didn't Rick remain married to his young bride?

4. Why did Rick go home in the Spring of 1994, and what did he write about the whole experience?

5. What was Margaret's experience traveling to New York City like?

6. How did Rick view winning the Pulitzer Prize?

7. What was the riot like that Rick experienced in Miami and how did it affect him?

8. What was momma's new house like and how did she and everyone else react to it?

9. Why did Rick hate Haiti?

10. What kind of a man did Sam become, and what did Rick think about him?

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