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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 go home for in the year that he was in Haiti?
(a) Grandma's death.
(b) The birth of Sam's son.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Thanksgiving.

2. When did Rick come to realize that Susan was guilty of killing her own children?
(a) When a lead from a girl did not pan out.
(b) Not until the car was found.
(c) When a TV reporter asked why someone would take the car with kids in it.
(d) Margaret told him that she would have died for her children.

3. How did Rick view his time in high school?
(a) He wasted it.
(b) He worked too hard at his job to take time for it.
(c) He worked hard at it.
(d) He learned a lot from it.

4. Why did Susan Smith kill her two boys?
(a) To keep a relationship with a rich man.
(b) She thought the world is too cruel for them.
(c) To keep them away from their father.
(d) She did not want to take care of them anymore.

5. What is the last line of the Prologue?
(a) "Forgive me Momma."
(b) "I forgive you, Papa."
(c) "Do you hear me, grandma?"
(d) "God help me, Momma, if I am clumsy."

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Rick have the 1969 convertible?

2. What part of the NY Times staff helped Rick the most when he first got there?

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

4. Why did Margaret stay home from Abigail's funeral?

5. What city's bombing did Rick mention that he writes about?

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