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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 Mark build in the woods?
(a) A barn.
(b) A house.
(c) A shack.
(d) A church.

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

3. What did Aunt Mary Jo take the children out for to eat?
(a) Fried crappie.
(b) Ice cream sundays.
(c) Foot long hot dogs.
(d) Cheeseburgers.

4. What happened in 1991 that Rick got to experience that terrified him deeply?
(a) A murder in a grocery store.
(b) A riot in Miami.
(c) A train wreck with many left dead.
(d) A young boy getting killed in an accident.

5. What did Rick compare time lost to?
(a) A bad piece of fruit.
(b) A quarter in an unlucky slot machine.
(c) A lost piece of jewelry.
(d) A poor night's sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't Rick take the job he wanted at the St. Petersburg Times?

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

3. What city's bombing did Rick mention that he writes about?

4. What happened to Rick when he was out on the boat in the Everglades?

5. Why were Margaret's sisters better off in life than she was?

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