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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Lies to My Mother, Chapters 16-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the wall in Brooklyn that Rick wrote about?
(a) A division between races.
(b) A tribute to the leaders of the gangs.
(c) A memorial to soldiers.
(d) A tribute to those killed in the streets there.

2. How did Charles kill the assassin in Korea?
(a) He drowned him.
(b) He stabbed him.
(c) He strangled him.
(d) He shot him.

3. What was the house like that Rick's father brought them to when Rick was six years old?
(a) Just big enough for all of them.
(b) A mansion.
(c) Small, but in good shape.
(d) Big but decrepit.

4. Why didn't Rick take the job he wanted at the St. Petersburg Times?
(a) His brother was in trouble again, so he had to go home.
(b) An old friend wanted him to return to the Anniston Star.
(c) His momma got sick, so he had to go home.
(d) His new girlfriend asked him not to.

5. What is the last line of the Prologue?
(a) "I forgive you, Papa."
(b) "Do you hear me, grandma?"
(c) "God help me, Momma, if I am clumsy."
(d) "Forgive me Momma."

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument did Rick's grandmother play?

2. What did Rick's grandmother die from?

3. How long did Rick have the 1969 convertible?

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

5. What did Rick tell his first girlfriend about his family?

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