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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Lies to My Mother, Chapters 25-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rick Bragg mostly write about as a reporter?
(a) Politics.
(b) Washington.
(c) War.
(d) Death.

2. What became of Sam?
(a) He worked hard, married, and had children.
(b) He could not hold onto a job or relationship.
(c) He got injured on a job and never worked again.
(d) He drank himself to death.

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

4. How long did Rick work for the L.A. Times?
(a) One winter.
(b) One year.
(c) One month.
(d) One week.

5. What did the redbird do that makes Rick question life?
(a) It flew into a glass door.
(b) It hurled itself into a pool.
(c) It threw its baby from the nest.
(d) It attacked its own reflection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sickness killed Rick's father?

2. What overall statement did Rick make about Miami?

3. What work did Rick begin in junior high?

4. How did Charles kill the assassin in Korea?

5. Why were the Bragg boys "usual suspects" in the John Sparks case?

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