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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happened to Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 1990?
2. Why did momma move out of her new house?
3. How did everyone treat Margaret at the acceptance dinner for Rick's award?
4. What became of Sam?
5. What else does "bodega" mean besides "store"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who died at home, and when Rick went to the funeral how did he feel?
2. At the early age of twenty where was Rick writing and what was he writing about?
3. How did Rick fare at Harvard?
4. 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?
5. Why did Rick question his feelings about being a reporter after the Oklahoma City bombings?
6. How did Rick feel about the Fellowship to Harvard and why? How did his family feel?
7. At Thanksgiving in the new house, what did Rick and Sam learn?
8. What were the details of the stories that Rick told about the bodegas in New York City?
9. What did Rick learn in Birmingham as he worked for the paper?
10. What comparisons did Rick make between himself and his father? How did he feel about the comparisons?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Growing up, what was Rick taught to believe about black people? What did he learn as a child for himself about them? What happened with the experience after the black boy brought Rick's family food?
Essay Topic 2
The Susan Smith story made Rick feel hatred for the hopelessness of it all. What did he see as hopeless? What did Susan see in comparison? What lesson does Rick wish that he could have taught her before she killed her children?
Essay Topic 3
How did the school system create Sam's life for him? Was this fair? What choices did Sam have? Do children know and understand their choices? Did Sam?
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