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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 became of Sam?
(a) He drank himself to death.
(b) He got injured on a job and never worked again.
(c) He worked hard, married, and had children.
(d) He could not hold onto a job or relationship.

2. What was the one gift that Rick wanted more than anything to give his mother?
(a) A house.
(b) A new wardrobe.
(c) A vacation.
(d) A car.

3. How did Margaret feel about Rick living away from his family most of his life?
(a) She understood that it is for the best.
(b) She was angry that he did not come home enough.
(c) She was glad that he got out.
(d) She was sad that he did not want to come home.

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

5. When Rick went home in 1988, how long had it been since he spent the holidays there?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Seven years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Three years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rick compare time lost to?

2. How big was the property of momma's new house?

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

4. What did Sam wear to his grandmother's funeral?

5. What did Rick's new friends at Harvard teach him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Rick view winning the Pulitzer Prize?

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

3. Why did Rick never drink alone?

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

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

6. Why did momma move out of the new house?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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