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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What storm stopped Rick from leaving for his Fellowship on the day he was supposed to?
(a) Hurricane Katrina.
(b) Hurricane Charlie.
(c) Hurricane Andrew.
(d) Hurricane Francis.

2. 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) Thanksgiving.
(d) Christmas.

3. What statue stands in Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham?
(a) Martin Luther King Jr.
(b) Bear Bryant.
(c) George Wallace.
(d) Rosa Parks.

4. What are the cemeteries like in Haiti?
(a) So full the caretakers don't know where they put people.
(b) Empty because they burn the bodies.
(c) Guarded as no one is allowed in.
(d) Well kept as life is sacred.

5. What does perfume on a hog reference to in the chapter of that title?
(a) Educated and Uneducated.
(b) The North and the South.
(c) Rich and Poor.
(d) Harvard and Rick.

6. What overall statement did Rick make about Miami?
(a) "Miami is a crazy city."
(b) "From beauty to trash, Miami has it all."
(c) "Miami is a bad day in paradise."
(d) "You live and die in Miami."

7. What did Rick do at the old little house that momma did not?
(a) He rejoiced that they are gone from it forever.
(b) He spit on the ground.
(c) He walked it one more time.
(d) He cried when she leaves it.

8. What else does "bodega" mean besides "store"?
(a) Freedom, respect, and dignity.
(b) Death.
(c) Financial freedom.
(d) Hard work.

9. How old was Rick when he married?
(a) In his early thirties.
(b) In his mid-twenties.
(c) In his early twenties.
(d) In his late twenties.

10. Who did Rick direct Chapter 40 to as he talked about momma's new house?
(a) Sam.
(b) Mark.
(c) Charlie, his mother's father.
(d) His father.

11. What was Rick's first story about as a news reporter for the Anniston Star?
(a) Gang members who were shot to death.
(b) Race car drivers killed on the track.
(c) Deer hunters who were killing each other by accident.
(d) Football players who suffered from concussions.

12. What was the one gift that Rick wanted more than anything to give his mother?
(a) A vacation.
(b) A new wardrobe.
(c) A house.
(d) A car.

13. What did Rick do for Dirty Red?
(a) He convinced him to tell his story.
(b) He wrote a story about his innocence.
(c) He helped him find a good lawyer.
(d) He sent counseling to his home.

14. What did the woman tell Rick who he met at a seminar at the end of the book?
(a) That she should not put on hold the nice things in life.
(b) That from him she learned not to be ashamed of where she came from.
(c) That material items cannot fulfill dreams.
(d) That one must forget the past and move on.

15. Why did momma move out of her new house?
(a) Sam and Mark had a fight on the front lawn.
(b) She missed the old house too much.
(c) She was afraid there by herself.
(d) The dog died at the new house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Margaret's response when Rick told her that he got the Fellowship?

3. Who picked out momma's new house?

4. What story brought Rick back home in 1994?

5. What kind of stories did Rick write for the St. Petersburg Times while living in St. Petersburg after the Fellowship?

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