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

2. What payment was most likely used for the doctor who helped give birth to Rick's mother?
(a) Bumdrum's homemade likker.
(b) Ham.
(c) Bumdrum's live chickens.
(d) Money.

3. What was the house like that Rick's father brought them to when Rick was six years old?
(a) Just big enough for all of them.
(b) Small, but in good shape.
(c) A mansion.
(d) Big but decrepit.

4. What crime did John Sparks commit?
(a) Rape.
(b) Arson.
(c) Murder.
(d) Theft.

5. What did the foreign correspondents eat at the Montana Hotel in Haiti?
(a) Steak.
(b) Vegetarian.
(c) Pasta.
(d) Lobster.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who drove Margaret to the hospital when she gave birth to Rick?

2. What are the cemeteries like in Haiti?

3. How long after quitting high school did Margaret get her GED?

4. How does Rick describe the area in which his parents were born and raised?

5. Why were Margaret's sisters better off in life than she was?

(see the answer key)

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