3. What did the eighty-seven year old Miss McCarty do with the money she saved over her lifetime?
(a) Gave it to the church to feed the poor.
(b) Gave it to the local police to protect the poor.
(c) Gave it to the Red Cross to help the poor.
(d) Gave it to the local university for scholarships for the poor.

4. What did Rick say about his mother's attendance at his wedding?
(a) He wished she had worn nicer clothing.
(b) He had never seen her so dressed up before.
(c) He thought she was too frightened.
(d) He wished she had been there.

5. Why didn't Rick take the job he wanted at the St. Petersburg Times?
(a) His momma got sick, so he had to go home.
(b) His brother was in trouble again, so he had to go home.
(c) An old friend wanted him to return to the Anniston Star.
(d) His new girlfriend asked him not to.

6. What change was made at the NY Times in Rick's first article?
(a) Much of the grammar.
(b) The headline.
(c) Most of the story.
(d) A comma.

7. What story did Rick write about in Clearwater that marked him forever?
(a) About poachers.
(b) About a man who married his daughter.
(c) About a woman who dies twenty years after her attack.
(d) About Siamese twins.

8. Why did Rick lose his job at the Birmingham paper?
(a) He chose to cover only certain stories.
(b) He called out sick a lot.
(c) He had a fight with his boss.
(d) He became too full of himself.

9. What happened to Rick when he was out on the boat in the Everglades?
(a) He was tricked into taking pictures of gators.
(b) He was led to believe that they were fishing for gators.
(c) He fell into the water with the gators.
(d) He was bitten by a gator.

10. Why was Rick not involved permanently with a woman?
(a) Women found him too harsh.
(b) He never learned what real love is.
(c) He did not want to be involved.
(d) He traveled too much.

11. What did the foreign correspondents eat at the Montana Hotel in Haiti?
(a) Pasta.
(b) Vegetarian.
(c) Steak.
(d) Lobster.

12. 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 material items cannot fulfill dreams.
(c) That from him she learned not to be ashamed of where she came from.
(d) That one must forget the past and move on.

13. Why do the soldiers of Haiti randomly shoot the poor?
(a) To teach others a lesson.
(b) Because the poor are beggars and thieves.
(c) Because the poor cause riots.
(d) To sell their bodies back to their families.

14. What did Rick's wife tell him that scared him out of the marriage?
(a) She did not want him traveling for his stories.
(b) He only cared about his work.
(c) He worked too late.
(d) She thought she was pregnant.

15. 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) Football players who suffered from concussions.
(d) Deer hunters who were killing each other by accident.