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

2. What happened in 1991 that Rick got to experience that terrified him deeply?
(a) A murder in a grocery store.
(b) A train wreck with many left dead.
(c) A young boy getting killed in an accident.
(d) A riot in Miami.

3. In 1971 what did the fraternity do at Christmas?
(a) They took the poor children to the soup kitchen.
(b) They collected toys for the poor children.
(c) They brought Christmas trees to the poor children.
(d) They had a party for the poor children.

4. What did Grandma Ab do the last time her grandchildren drove away with their father and mother?
(a) She ran out into the middle of the road and stared.
(b) She begged Rick's father to leave them be.
(c) She held onto Rick and won't let go.
(d) She screamed and cried for them not to leave.

5. What does Rick say about the book being called a memoir?
(a) He thinks it is wrongly named.
(b) He finds it appropriate.
(c) It makes him proud.
(d) It is too fancy a name for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. When sober, how did Bobby Bragg dress for dinner?

2. What was the house like that Rick's father brought them to when Rick was six years old?

3. How would Bobby Bragg fix his hip when it went out on him?

4. Why did Margaret bury Rick's muddy sneakers?

5. When Rick went home in 1988, how long had it been since he spent the holidays there?

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