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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Margaret react to her trip to New York City?
(a) She was too afraid to really experience it.
(b) All she wanted to do was to go home.
(c) She was speechless.
(d) She was thrilled and astonished.

2. How did Sam feel about Rick going off to his Fellowship?
(a) Ashamed.
(b) Upset.
(c) Envious.
(d) Proud.

3. What kind of people did Rick write about from Immokalee, Florida?
(a) Criminals.
(b) Poor migrant workers who drank too much.
(c) Crew bosses.
(d) The homeless.

4. What was the main question that people asked in Rick's hometown after the incident in 1994 that brought him back home to write a story?
(a) Where was God when it happened?
(b) What had the people done wrong to be punished?
(c) Why would God hurt the poor?
(d) What do we do next?

5. How did Rick compare himself to his father?
(a) He said they are completely different.
(b) He said that he is a winner and his father a loser.
(c) He said that his father's faults made him a better man.
(d) He said that in many ways they were the same.

6. 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.

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

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

9. What was Margaret's response when Rick told her that he got the Fellowship?
(a) "Does that mean you won't be visting me."
(b) "Be sure to bring clean clothes."
(c) "Lord God, you'll freeze to death."
(d) "I knew you would honey."

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

11. What kind of stories did Rick write for the St. Petersburg Times while living in St. Petersburg after the Fellowship?
(a) Political stories.
(b) Local stories.
(c) Storm stories.
(d) National stories.

12. 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.

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

14. How long did Rick work for the L.A. Times?
(a) One month.
(b) One week.
(c) One year.
(d) One winter.

15. What did Rick state as the reason that Mark was sober for the funeral?
(a) Mark did it out of respect for his grandmother.
(b) Mark grieved like good men do.
(c) Mark didn't want his family to see him drunk.
(d) Mark was trying to get sober for his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sam give Rick to take back to Miami with him?

2. In writing about sports, what did Rick come to realize were the only types of stories that he wanted to write?

3. What did Mark build in the woods?

4. What kind of questions did Rick often find himself answering to the students at Harvard?

5. How did Margaret feel about Rick living away from his family most of his life?

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