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

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

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

4. What gift did Rick receive in 2nd grade that had such a large impact on him?
(a) His own bed.
(b) A red wagon.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) Cowboy boots.

5. What was Rick's first course in college?
(a) Literature.
(b) Compostition.
(c) Creative Writing.
(d) Journalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did everyone treat Margaret at the acceptance dinner for Rick's award?

2. What kind of questions did Rick often find himself answering to the students at Harvard?

3. What famous singer did grandma tell Rick that she met before he died?

4. What did Sam ask from Rick in return for his staying behind in Alabama and Rick going out into the world?

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

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