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

2. How big was the property of momma's new house?
(a) Two acres.
(b) One-third of an acre.
(c) Half an acre.
(d) 1.3 acres.

3. 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 took three entrees.
(c) She took five desserts.
(d) She asked a waiter to get her food.

4. How long had momma lived in the little house?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Thirty years.
(c) Forty years.
(d) Ten years.

5. What happened to Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 1990?
(a) He went into exile.
(b) He was elected for the second time.
(c) He was assassinated.
(d) He lost the election by poplular vote.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Rick so nervous about his Fellowship interview?

2. Who did Rick direct Chapter 40 to as he talked about momma's new house?

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

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

5. What did Rick's wife tell him that scared him out of the marriage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why did Rick question his feelings about being a reporter after the Oklahoma City bombings?

6. Why did Rick never drink alone?

7. 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?

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

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

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

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