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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 did Rick write in the Jacksonville News?
(a) Local news.
(b) Entertainment news.
(c) Sports news.
(d) Obituaries.

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

3. What does Rick Bragg mostly write about as a reporter?
(a) Politics.
(b) War.
(c) Washington.
(d) Death.

4. What does Rick say about the book being called a memoir?
(a) It makes him proud.
(b) It is too fancy a name for him.
(c) He finds it appropriate.
(d) He thinks it is wrongly named.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of people did Rick write about from Immokalee, Florida?

2. Why do the soldiers of Haiti randomly shoot the poor?

3. What trait does Rick believe he inherited from his father?

4. What was Margaret's first real toy?

5. In what era did Rick's parents grow up?

(see the answer key)

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