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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 story did Rick write about in Clearwater that marked him forever?
(a) About poachers.
(b) About a man who married his daughter.
(c) About Siamese twins.
(d) About a woman who dies twenty years after her attack.

2. What did Rick compare time lost to?
(a) A bad piece of fruit.
(b) A quarter in an unlucky slot machine.
(c) A poor night's sleep.
(d) A lost piece of jewelry.

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

4. Who went to Charles's funeral?
(a) Momma and the three boys.
(b) Only Rick.
(c) Only the three boys.
(d) Only momma.

5. Why was Rick rushed to the hospital as a young boy?
(a) He fell into the hole in the outhouse and broke his arm.
(b) He punched his brother and broke his hand.
(c) He sucked a plastic berry up his nose.
(d) He fell out of a tree and broke his leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rick hope his story will accomplish?

2. 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?

3. What sickness killed Rick's father?

4. Who drove Margaret to the hospital when she gave birth to Rick?

5. How did Rick try to buy his way into heaven?

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