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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 Margaret worry about after Rick won his award?
(a) Having him stay away for longer periods of time.
(b) Rick getting rougher writing assignments.
(c) Having her picture taken.
(d) People noticing her more.

2. What was different about Thanksgiving in the new house?
(a) Rick got his own bed.
(b) Momma had guests.
(c) They all got to sit together in one room.
(d) Mark came sober.

3. What story brought Rick back home in 1994?
(a) A hurricane that tore down a school.
(b) A gunman who opened fire at a church.
(c) A church that was hit by a tornado.
(d) A woman who killed her children.

4. Why did the serial diner keep committing the same crime?
(a) He did not want to be alone.
(b) He believed it makes him famous.
(c) He wanted to be in jail where he got three meals a day.
(d) He liked the attention.

5. What did momma feel about Mark's jail terms?
(a) Fear.
(b) Injustice.
(c) Shame.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rick say about his mother's attendance at his wedding?

2. What else does "bodega" mean besides "store"?

3. What did Rick keep as a reminder of the night he went out on a dangerous story with Sean?

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

5. Why did Rick come to dislike Jimmy Carter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Rick find on his second visit to Haiti?

5. How did Rick view winning the Pulitzer Prize?

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

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

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

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

10. What experiences did Rick have in Miami?

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