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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Getting Even With Life, Chapters 34-42.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Margaret mean when she told Sam and Mark that Rick is "travelin'"?
(a) He was having a seizure.
(b) He was reading another book.
(c) He was daydreaming.
(d) He was taking a walk.

2. How did Rick compare himself to his father?
(a) He said they are completely different.
(b) He said that in many ways they were the same.
(c) He said that he is a winner and his father a loser.
(d) He said that his father's faults made him a better man.

3. Where was Rick working in the winter of 1964 as Chapter 16 opened?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Jacksonvill News.
(c) The Boston Herald.
(d) The Chicago Tribune.

4. What did Sam wear to his grandmother's funeral?
(a) Blue jeans and clean work boots.
(b) A formal suit.
(c) A suit jacket.
(d) A shirt and tie.

5. What was "Dinner on the Ground"?
(a) When the mothers allow the children to eat in front of the TV.
(b) When father throws the food in anger.
(c) A church picnic.
(d) A family outing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rick state as the reason that Mark was sober for the funeral?

2. How did Sam feel about Rick going off to his Fellowship?

3. What crime did John Sparks commit?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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