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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 trait does Rick believe he inherited from his father?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Quick to anger.
(c) Lack of fear.
(d) Running from his problems.

2. What did Margaret mean when she told Sam and Mark that Rick is "travelin'"?
(a) He was daydreaming.
(b) He was taking a walk.
(c) He was having a seizure.
(d) He was reading another book.

3. What did Rick tell his first girlfriend about his family?
(a) The truth: that they are poor.
(b) A lie: that they are rich.
(c) Not much just that they are like everyone else.
(d) Nothing.

4. What change was made at the NY Times in Rick's first article?
(a) Most of the story.
(b) The headline.
(c) A comma.
(d) Much of the grammar.

5. What happened to Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 1990?
(a) He was elected for the second time.
(b) He was assassinated.
(c) He went into exile.
(d) He lost the election by poplular vote.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How would Bobby Bragg fix his hip when it went out on him?

3. What was acceptable practice and what was not in the foothills?

4. What crime did John Sparks commit?

5. When did the boys stop fighting with each other?

(see the answer key)

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