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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Rick keep as a reminder of the night he went out on a dangerous story with Sean?
(a) A rock.
(b) A shirt.
(c) A copy of the story.
(d) A steering wheel.

2. Who picked out momma's new house?
(a) Rick, Sam and momma did.
(b) She did.
(c) Momma, Uncle Ed and Aunt Nita did.
(d) Rick and momma did.

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sam let Rick do when they finally went fishing?

2. What did Kovach tell Rick to answer the next time someone asks him where he learned how to write?

3. What story brought Rick back home in 1994?

4. What did Rick never do alone?

5. What overall statement did Rick make about Miami?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when the American soldiers finally came to Haiti?

2. What was momma's new house like and how did she and everyone else react to it?

3. How did Rick fare at Harvard?

4. What kind of a man did Sam become, and what did Rick think about him?

5. At the early age of twenty where was Rick writing and what was he writing about?

6. What were the details of the stories that Rick told about the bodegas in New York City?

7. Why did momma move out of the new house?

8. What did Rick experience when he first returned to the South as the Southern Correspondent for the New York Times?

9. Why did Rick never drink alone?

10. Why didn't Rick remain married to his young bride?

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