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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) National stories.
(d) Storm stories.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What story brought Rick back home in 1994?
(a) A hurricane that tore down a school.
(b) A woman who killed her children.
(c) A gunman who opened fire at a church.
(d) A church that was hit by a tornado.

10. What had Mark been doing since his fight with Sam?
(a) Drinking more.
(b) Rebuilding his home.
(c) Living in the old house.
(d) Working.

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

12. What did Rick tell him momma that he wrote about?
(a) Sports.
(b) Animals.
(c) Gangs in the streets of various cities around the world.
(d) Happy stories.

13. Why did Margaret stay home from Abigail's funeral?
(a) She could not handle it.
(b) She was afraid to go outside.
(c) She did not have a dress to wear.
(d) She was afraid of churches.

14. Why did the serial diner keep committing the same crime?
(a) He believed it makes him famous.
(b) He liked the attention.
(c) He wanted to be in jail where he got three meals a day.
(d) He did not want to be alone.

15. What did momma feel about Mark's jail terms?
(a) Fear.
(b) Anger.
(c) Shame.
(d) Injustice.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rick went home in 1988, how long had it been since he spent the holidays there?

2. How old was Rick when he married?

3. What was the one big award that Rick desired?

4. What happened to Rick when he was out on the boat in the Everglades?

5. Where was Rick working in the winter of 1964 as Chapter 16 opened?

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