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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 Rick keep as a reminder of the night he went out on a dangerous story with Sean?
(a) A shirt.
(b) A rock.
(c) A steering wheel.
(d) A copy of the story.

2. In writing about sports, what did Rick come to realize were the only types of stories that he wanted to write?
(a) Car racing.
(b) Death.
(c) Football.
(d) The ones in which people struggle.

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

4. Why did Rick think that he had to take the city reporter's job?
(a) He had a fancy car payment.
(b) His mother needed the money.
(c) He had a wife.
(d) He had to show up the editor that insulted him.

5. Why did Sam become the school's janitor according to Rick?
(a) Because he was not smart enough to do anything else.
(b) Because they never taught him that he had other opportunities.
(c) Because he never wanted to be anything else.
(d) Because he never learned to read.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When sober, how did Bobby Bragg dress for dinner?

3. What did Margaret mean when she told Sam and Mark that Rick is "travelin'"?

4. In general, how did Rick Bragg feel about religion as he always had?

5. What does Rick say about the book being called a memoir?

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