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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 school did Rick attend at the age of 33?
(a) Yale.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Cornell.

2. What memory does Rick recall of his grandmother and himself when he was five?
(a) Dancing in the kitchen.
(b) Listening to the radio in bed with her.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Making cookies.

3. What kind of questions did Rick often find himself answering to the students at Harvard?
(a) Questions about Haiti.
(b) Questions about the South.
(c) Questions about his stories.
(d) Questions about racism.

4. Who drove Margaret to the hospital when she gave birth to Rick?
(a) Aunt Gracie Juanita.
(b) Rick's dad.
(c) Grandma Ava.
(d) Grandpa Charlie.

5. What kind of a man is Rick's brother, Mark?
(a) Hard worker.
(b) Family man.
(c) Hard drinker and fighter.
(d) Criminal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Margaret's first real toy?

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

3. What does Rick say about this book?

4. How did Rick view his time in high school?

5. What story did Rick write about in Clearwater that marked him forever?

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