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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 does Rick hope his story will accomplish?
(a) To bring his family closer together.
(b) Get at great truths.
(c) Make the dead dance with the living.
(d) Heal his soul.

2. What did Rick say that men did instead of rioting?
(a) They danced.
(b) They listened to loud music.
(c) They played football.
(d) They watched dog fights.

3. Why were Margaret's sisters better off in life than she was?
(a) They became educated.
(b) They had fewer children to care for.
(c) They moved to better parts of the country.
(d) They married better.

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

5. What did Rick's father teach him that helped him get to his job as a reporter even though many saw him as a loser?
(a) To never take nothin' form nobody.
(b) To work hard.
(c) To fight dirty.
(d) To get what you want out of life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Rick so nervous about his Fellowship interview?

2. Who picked out momma's new house?

3. What did Margaret do at the buffet in New York City that both surprised and amused Rick?

4. Where did Margaret take the children to find "treasure"?

5. How did the weather make the war worse in Korea?

(see the answer key)

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