2. What was momma most taken by in the new house?
(a) The thermostat.
(b) The dishwasher.
(c) The hot running water.
(d) The doorbell.

3. How did Rick try to buy his way into heaven?
(a) By buying his ex-wife a baby carriage.
(b) By buying his girlfriend a car.
(c) By buying his brother a business.
(d) By buying his momma a pair of dentures.

4. What did Sam give Rick to take back to Miami with him?
(a) A sack of pine cones.
(b) Deer meat.
(c) A hard hat.
(d) A gun.

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

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

7. What did Sam wear to his grandmother's funeral?
(a) A shirt and tie.
(b) A suit jacket.
(c) A formal suit.
(d) Blue jeans and clean work boots.

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

9. What did Rick's new friends at Harvard teach him?
(a) You can't go through life looking back at the past.
(b) You can't go through life hating people.
(c) You can't go through life hating people who had it easier than you.
(d) You can't go through life wishing things were different.

10. What was the wall in Brooklyn that Rick wrote about?
(a) A division between races.
(b) A memorial to soldiers.
(c) A tribute to those killed in the streets there.
(d) A tribute to the leaders of the gangs.

11. What was the one big award that Rick desired?
(a) The Pulitzer Prize.
(b) The Nobel Prize.
(c) Peabody Award.
(d) The National Correspondent Award.

12. Why was Rick so nervous about his Fellowship interview?
(a) It was a test to him to see if he belonged in educated society.
(b) His friends told him he was not cut out for it.
(c) He wanted it more than anything he had ever wanted.
(d) His editor told him he was a shoe in.

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

14. What did Rick never do alone?
(a) Go to the movies.
(b) Go out to eat.
(c) Eat jellybeans.
(d) Drink.

15. Where did Rick travel to the first time he went out of the country to write a story?
(a) Haiti.
(b) Costa Rica.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Desert Storm.