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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Lies to My Mother, Chapters 25-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Mark in 1965 from which his father saved him?
(a) He was bitten by a rattlesnake.
(b) He was hit by a truck.
(c) He fell out of a tree.
(d) He fell in through an icy pond.

2. 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.

3. What caused Margaret to lose her job as a cotton picker?
(a) The government.
(b) She was too slow at it.
(c) Migrant workers.
(d) Machines.

4. What does Rick say about the book being called a memoir?
(a) It is too fancy a name for him.
(b) He finds it appropriate.
(c) It makes him proud.
(d) He thinks it is wrongly named.

5. What was meant by the quote "didn't have no papers on him."?
(a) The baby never existed.
(b) No records were kept of dead babies.
(c) The hospital did not have papers on the dead baby.
(d) The baby was never christened.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Margaret bury Rick's muddy sneakers?

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

3. What happened to Rick when he was out on the boat in the Everglades?

4. Who went to Charles's funeral?

5. Why did Rick quit college?

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