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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 sickness killed Rick's father?
(a) Hepititus.
(b) Cirrhosis.
(c) Tuburculosis.
(d) Cancer.

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

3. What story brought Rick back home in 1994?
(a) A church that was hit by a tornado.
(b) A gunman who opened fire at a church.
(c) A hurricane that tore down a school.
(d) A woman who killed her children.

4. What was the name of Rick's first reading group at school?
(a) Blue Jays.
(b) Jaybirds.
(c) Crows.
(d) Cardinals.

5. What reason did grandpa Charlie have for shooting a neighbor woman?
(a) She came at him with a knife.
(b) She lied about his stealing.
(c) She told the police he made likker.
(d) She hit one of his children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What memory does Rick recall of his grandmother and himself when he was five?

2. What did Margaret eat when the children were small?

3. How old was Charles when he died?

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

5. What was the main question that people asked in Rick's hometown after the incident in 1994 that brought him back home to write a story?

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