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

2. Who did Rick direct Chapter 40 to as he talked about momma's new house?
(a) Charlie, his mother's father.
(b) Mark.
(c) His father.
(d) Sam.

3. 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 editor told him he was a shoe in.
(c) He wanted it more than anything he had ever wanted.
(d) His friends told him he was not cut out for it.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Mark that kept Margaret shaking for days?

2. What kind of people did Rick write about from Immokalee, Florida?

3. What did Mark build in the woods?

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

5. How old was Rick when he married?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was the Serial Diner, and what did he teach Rick?

3. How did Rick fare at Harvard?

4. How did Rick view winning the Pulitzer Prize?

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

6. What did Rick learn in Birmingham as he worked for the paper?

7. In winter of 1994, where was Rick and what was he writing about?

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

9. What are some of the stories that Rick experienced in Clearwater?

10. Why did Rick go home in the Spring of 1994, and what did he write about the whole experience?

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