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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 Rick compare time lost to?
(a) A bad piece of fruit.
(b) A poor night's sleep.
(c) A lost piece of jewelry.
(d) A quarter in an unlucky slot machine.

2. Who picked out momma's new house?
(a) Rick, Sam and momma did.
(b) Momma, Uncle Ed and Aunt Nita did.
(c) She did.
(d) Rick and momma did.

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

4. What did Mark build in the woods?
(a) A church.
(b) A house.
(c) A shack.
(d) A barn.

5. What overall statement did Rick make about Miami?
(a) "You live and die in Miami."
(b) "Miami is a crazy city."
(c) "Miami is a bad day in paradise."
(d) "From beauty to trash, Miami has it all."

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sam let Rick do when they finally went fishing?

2. What was different about Thanksgiving in the new house?

3. How old was Rick when he married?

4. What did Louis Bolivar make seven days a week in Haiti?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How did Mark's life affect momma and why?

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

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

9. Why did Rick hate Haiti?

10. How did Rick view winning the Pulitzer Prize?

(see the answer keys)

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