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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. Where did Margaret take the children to find "treasure"?
(a) Restaurant trash bins.
(b) Store trash bins.
(c) The dump.
(d) Neighbors trash bins.

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

3. What made Rick finally write the book?
(a) His grandfather's death.
(b) His father's death.
(c) His grandmother's death.
(d) His mother's death.

4. What did Rick say that men did instead of rioting?
(a) They played football.
(b) They listened to loud music.
(c) They watched dog fights.
(d) They danced.

5. What happened to Mark in 1965 from which his father saved him?
(a) He fell out of a tree.
(b) He fell in through an icy pond.
(c) He was hit by a truck.
(d) He was bitten by a rattlesnake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rick and Uncle Ed both acknowledge early on about Rick's future?

2. What became of Sam?

3. Who came to the city auditorium to talk to the white people of the county?

4. What was Rick's mother's response when he asked her if he could write the book?

5. What was the reason that Charles whipped his daughter Margaret at the age of thirteen?

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