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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Rick's grandmother die from?
(a) Kidney failure.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Heart failure.
(d) Cancer.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last line of the Prologue?

2. What happened to Mark in 1965 from which his father saved him?

3. What made Rick finally write the book?

4. What war was Rick's father in?

5. What life lesson did Rick's mother teach him that he broke when he made fun of a boy for having lice?

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