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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 Sam let Rick do when they finally went fishing?
(a) Reel in the fish Sam caught.
(b) Bait the line.
(c) Tell momma Rick caught the fish.
(d) Cook the fish.

2. What did Margaret do at the buffet in New York City that both surprised and amused Rick?
(a) She walked around and around without taking anything.
(b) She asked a waiter to get her food.
(c) She took three entrees.
(d) She took five desserts.

3. What are the cemeteries like in Haiti?
(a) So full the caretakers don't know where they put people.
(b) Guarded as no one is allowed in.
(c) Well kept as life is sacred.
(d) Empty because they burn the bodies.

4. What did Sam ask from Rick in return for his staying behind in Alabama and Rick going out into the world?
(a) For Rick to call Mark every six months.
(b) For Rick to be home every year for momma's birthday.
(c) For Rick to send money for momma.
(d) For Rick to tell him the stories of where he had been.

5. How did everyone treat Margaret at the acceptance dinner for Rick's award?
(a) Mostly, they stayed away.
(b) They were loud and overwhelming.
(c) With kid gloves.
(d) They paid her homage for the son that she raised.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Margaret react to her trip to New York City?

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

3. Who picked out momma's new house?

4. What did Rick say that men did instead of rioting?

5. Where did Sam end up finding his career?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who died at home, and when Rick went to the funeral how did he feel?

2. What was the riot like that Rick experienced in Miami and how did it affect him?

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

4. How did Rick fare at Harvard?

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

6. What experiences did Rick have in Miami?

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

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

9. What was Margaret's experience traveling to New York City like?

10. How did Rick feel about the Fellowship to Harvard and why? How did his family feel?

(see the answer keys)

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