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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 kind of people did Rick write about from Immokalee, Florida?
(a) Poor migrant workers who drank too much.
(b) The homeless.
(c) Criminals.
(d) Crew bosses.

2. What did the woman tell Rick who he met at a seminar at the end of the book?
(a) That from him she learned not to be ashamed of where she came from.
(b) That one must forget the past and move on.
(c) That material items cannot fulfill dreams.
(d) That she should not put on hold the nice things in life.

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

4. What did Rick say that men did instead of rioting?
(a) They played football.
(b) They listened to loud music.
(c) They danced.
(d) They watched dog fights.

5. What did Rick's wife tell him that scared him out of the marriage?
(a) She thought she was pregnant.
(b) He worked too late.
(c) He only cared about his work.
(d) She did not want him traveling for his stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Rick work for the L.A. Times?

2. What part of the NY Times staff helped Rick the most when he first got there?

3. What storm stopped Rick from leaving for his Fellowship on the day he was supposed to?

4. After Rick's second trip to Haiti, what promotion did he receive?

5. Why did Rick think that he had to take the city reporter's job?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How did home feel to Rick when he went back for Christmas after returning from Haiti?

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

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

10. How did Rick fare at Harvard?

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