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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, The Widow's Mite, Chapters 8-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Rick's first course in college?
(a) Journalism.
(b) Literature.
(c) Creative Writing.
(d) Compostition.

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

4. What did Rick see at church that he stated was one of the most beautiful things he had ever seen?
(a) A healing.
(b) A child singing a hymn.
(c) A baptism.
(d) A soul being saved.

5. What trait does Rick believe he inherited from his father?
(a) Running from his problems.
(b) Quick to anger.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Lack of fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Rick first meet his father?

2. What did Charlie tell Margaret about going back to her husband when she came home for the second time?

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

4. What was Rick's mother's response when he asked her if he could write the book?

5. What did Rick's mother do without so that her boys could have school clothes?

(see the answer key)

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