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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. How did Sam torture Rick in the outhouse?
(a) He would make him close the door to darkness.
(b) He told him the hole will swallow him up.
(c) He would leave him there alone in the middle of the night.
(d) He locked him in with a tomcat.

2. In what era did Rick's parents grow up?
(a) The 60s and 70s.
(b) The 40s and 50s.
(c) The 50s and 60s.
(d) The 20s and 30s.

3. What did Margaret eat when the children were small?
(a) What is given to her by others.
(b) Only bread.
(c) What falls to the floor.
(d) The scraps from their plates.

4. How long after quitting high school did Margaret get her GED?
(a) Five years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Twenty-five years.

5. What war was Rick's father in?
(a) World War II.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Dessert Strom.
(d) Korean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Rick love his 1969 convertible so much in high school?

2. What is the story of the widow's mite?

3. What did Aunt Mary Jo take the children out for to eat?

4. What did Rick claim as the highlight of his stay in Tampa?

5. What happened to Mark in 1965 from which his father saved him?

(see the answer key)

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