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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. How did Charles feel about going to Korea to kill soldiers?
(a) He thought it was a party.
(b) He had no problem with the notion.
(c) He did not think about it one way or another.
(d) He was afraid to go.

2. What was the reason that Charles whipped his daughter Margaret at the age of thirteen?
(a) Takin' the truck out for a short ride in the fields.
(b) Talkin' back to her mother.
(c) Kickin' her sister so hard in bed one night.
(d) Takin' a sip of likker.

3. How long did Rick have the 1969 convertible?
(a) All of high school.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) His whole life.
(d) Six months.

4. What did Margaret eat when the children were small?
(a) The scraps from their plates.
(b) What is given to her by others.
(c) What falls to the floor.
(d) Only bread.

5. Who drove Margaret to the hospital when she gave birth to Rick?
(a) Grandpa Charlie.
(b) Aunt Gracie Juanita.
(c) Rick's dad.
(d) Grandma Ava.

Short Answer Questions

1. What change was made at the NY Times in Rick's first article?

2. What payment was most likely used for the doctor who helped give birth to Rick's mother?

3. Why did the serial diner keep committing the same crime?

4. What else does "bodega" mean besides "store"?

5. Who went to Charles's funeral?

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