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

2. What did Rick write in the Jacksonville News?
(a) Obituaries.
(b) Entertainment news.
(c) Local news.
(d) Sports news.

3. How old was Rick when he married?
(a) In his early thirties.
(b) In his late twenties.
(c) In his mid-twenties.
(d) In his early twenties.

4. What did Rick find himself wishing for at the funeral home?
(a) A way to spend more time with his mother.
(b) Another day with his grandmother.
(c) God.
(d) Heaven.

5. What instrument did Rick's grandmother play?
(a) Fiddle.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Harp.
(d) Banjo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Rick travel to the first time he went out of the country to write a story?

2. What are the cemeteries like in Haiti?

3. What did NOT change in Rick's parents' world as the times change?

4. Who came to the city auditorium to talk to the white people of the county?

5. What did Grandma Ab do the last time her grandchildren drove away with their father and mother?

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