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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Lies to My Mother, Chapters 16-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the box contain that Rick's father gave to him on his last visit?
(a) Dirty books.
(b) Car magazines.
(c) Classical literature.
(d) Ammunition.

2. What was the wall in Brooklyn that Rick wrote about?
(a) A memorial to soldiers.
(b) A division between races.
(c) A tribute to those killed in the streets there.
(d) A tribute to the leaders of the gangs.

3. What became of Sam?
(a) He could not hold onto a job or relationship.
(b) He got injured on a job and never worked again.
(c) He worked hard, married, and had children.
(d) He drank himself to death.

4. How long after quitting high school did Margaret get her GED?
(a) Five years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Twenty-five years.

5. What did the redbird do that makes Rick question life?
(a) It flew into a glass door.
(b) It threw its baby from the nest.
(c) It hurled itself into a pool.
(d) It attacked its own reflection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Aunt Mary Jo take the children out for to eat?

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

3. How old was Rick when he married?

4. What does Rick say about this book?

5. Why were the Bragg boys "usual suspects" in the John Sparks case?

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