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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 Rick keep as a reminder of the night he went out on a dangerous story with Sean?
(a) A steering wheel.
(b) A shirt.
(c) A rock.
(d) A copy of the story.

2. Why was Rick so nervous about his Fellowship interview?
(a) It was a test to him to see if he belonged in educated society.
(b) His friends told him he was not cut out for it.
(c) His editor told him he was a shoe in.
(d) He wanted it more than anything he had ever wanted.

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

4. Who picked out momma's new house?
(a) She did.
(b) Rick, Sam and momma did.
(c) Rick and momma did.
(d) Momma, Uncle Ed and Aunt Nita did.

5. What does Rick say about this book?
(a) That he wrote it for himself.
(b) That everyone should read it.
(c) That it is a story meant only for his family.
(d) That it is not important.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Louis Bolivar make seven days a week in Haiti?

2. How long had momma lived in the little house?

3. What was Rick's first course in college?

4. Why did momma move out of her new house?

5. In 1971 what did the fraternity do at Christmas?

(see the answer key)

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