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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 Mark build in the woods?
(a) A barn.
(b) A house.
(c) A church.
(d) A shack.

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

3. What statue stands in Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham?
(a) Martin Luther King Jr.
(b) George Wallace.
(c) Bear Bryant.
(d) Rosa Parks.

4. Why didn't Rick take the job he wanted at the St. Petersburg Times?
(a) An old friend wanted him to return to the Anniston Star.
(b) His new girlfriend asked him not to.
(c) His momma got sick, so he had to go home.
(d) His brother was in trouble again, so he had to go home.

5. What did the eighty-seven year old Miss McCarty do with the money she saved over her lifetime?
(a) Gave it to the local police to protect the poor.
(b) Gave it to the church to feed the poor.
(c) Gave it to the Red Cross to help the poor.
(d) Gave it to the local university for scholarships for the poor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of questions did Rick often find himself answering to the students at Harvard?

3. What did Rick go home for in the year that he was in Haiti?

4. What did Margaret worry about after Rick won his award?

5. Where did Rick travel to the first time he went out of the country to write a story?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What was the Susan Smith story that Rick covered?

8. What gifts did Rick give his mother after he became a successful journalist, and what gift did he want to give his mother? How did he feel about these gifts?

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

10. What experiences did Rick have in Miami?

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