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

2. Rosario told Rick that he confronted the armed man in his store for what reason?
(a) Rosario has been robbed so many times that he just wants to shoot them.
(b) Rosario knows the police won't help.
(c) Rosario worries that the robber will shoot up the store.
(d) Rosario cannot trust that the robber will take the money without shooting him.

3. How long did Rick work for the L.A. Times?
(a) One week.
(b) One year.
(c) One winter.
(d) One month.

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

5. Why did momma move out of her new house?
(a) She was afraid there by herself.
(b) She missed the old house too much.
(c) Sam and Mark had a fight on the front lawn.
(d) The dog died at the new house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Rick lose his job at the Birmingham paper?

3. How did Rick compare himself to his father?

4. What did the foreign correspondents eat at the Montana Hotel in Haiti?

5. What did Rick tell him momma that he wrote about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What comparisons did Rick make between himself and his father? How did he feel about the comparisons?

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How did Rick fare at Harvard?

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

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