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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Mark in 1965 from which his father saved him?
(a) He was hit by a truck.
(b) He was bitten by a rattlesnake.
(c) He fell in through an icy pond.
(d) He fell out of a tree.

2. What did Aunt Mary Jo take the children out for to eat?
(a) Fried crappie.
(b) Foot long hot dogs.
(c) Ice cream sundays.
(d) Cheeseburgers.

3. What does Rick regret about his grandfather?
(a) That he never met him.
(b) That he wasn't harder on his father.
(c) That he wasn't there when he shot a woman through her breasts.
(d) That he didn't do better by his daughter.

4. What city's bombing did Rick mention that he writes about?
(a) Port au Prince.
(b) Pearl Harbor.
(c) Oklahoma City.
(d) Hiroshima.

5. What did Rick's mother do without so that her boys could have school clothes?
(a) Sweets.
(b) A nice house.
(c) A new dress.
(d) New shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rick's father teach him that helped him get to his job as a reporter even though many saw him as a loser?

2. What did Rick's grandmother die from?

3. What war was Rick's father in?

4. What school did Rick attend at the age of 33?

5. When did Rick first meet his father?

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