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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 Charles feel about going to Korea to kill soldiers?
(a) He had no problem with the notion.
(b) He was afraid to go.
(c) He thought it was a party.
(d) He did not think about it one way or another.

2. What did momma feel about Mark's jail terms?
(a) Injustice.
(b) Fear.
(c) Anger.
(d) Shame.

3. Why didn't Rick take the job he wanted at the St. Petersburg Times?
(a) His momma got sick, so he had to go home.
(b) His new girlfriend asked him not to.
(c) An old friend wanted him to return to the Anniston Star.
(d) His brother was in trouble again, so he had to go home.

4. What kind of a leader was Papa Doc to Haiti?
(a) Dictatorial.
(b) A savior.
(c) Hopeful.
(d) Cruel.

5. What did Rick claim as the highlight of his stay in Tampa?
(a) A story about a chicken named Mopsy.
(b) A surfer named Topsy.
(c) A serial killer.
(d) The hurricanes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What statue stands in Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham?

2. What life lesson did Rick's mother teach him that he broke when he made fun of a boy for having lice?

3. What did Rick tell him momma that he wrote about?

4. In writing about sports, what did Rick come to realize were the only types of stories that he wanted to write?

5. How does Rick describe the area in which his parents were born and raised?

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