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

2. How did Sam torture Rick in the outhouse?
(a) He would make him close the door to darkness.
(b) He would leave him there alone in the middle of the night.
(c) He told him the hole will swallow him up.
(d) He locked him in with a tomcat.

3. What was the reason that Charles whipped his daughter Margaret at the age of thirteen?
(a) Takin' a sip of likker.
(b) Takin' the truck out for a short ride in the fields.
(c) Talkin' back to her mother.
(d) Kickin' her sister so hard in bed one night.

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

5. In 1971 what did the fraternity do at Christmas?
(a) They took the poor children to the soup kitchen.
(b) They brought Christmas trees to the poor children.
(c) They collected toys for the poor children.
(d) They had a party for the poor children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did NOT change in Rick's parents' world as the times change?

2. What does Rick hope his story will accomplish?

3. What became of Sam?

4. Why did Rick quit college?

5. What happened in 1991 that Rick got to experience that terrified him deeply?

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