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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. Why did Rick lose his job at the Birmingham paper?
(a) He chose to cover only certain stories.
(b) He called out sick a lot.
(c) He became too full of himself.
(d) He had a fight with his boss.

2. What does Rick say of the errors that occur in his story?
(a) They are lies to hide truths.
(b) They are only his perceptions.
(c) They are lies created to entertain.
(d) They are there to protect people.

3. What did Kovach tell Rick to answer the next time someone asks him where he learned how to write?
(a) God.
(b) Rick.
(c) The South.
(d) Kovach.

4. Where did Margaret get her religion from?
(a) A pastor comes to visit her every Sunday.
(b) Reading The Bible.
(c) Church.
(d) TV preachers.

5. What did Rick's wife tell him that scared him out of the marriage?
(a) He only cared about his work.
(b) He worked too late.
(c) She thought she was pregnant.
(d) She did not want him traveling for his stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story brought Rick back home in 1994?

2. What was Margaret's first real toy?

3. What crime did John Sparks commit?

4. How did the weather make the war worse in Korea?

5. What did Rick claim as the highlight of his stay in Tampa?

(see the answer key)

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