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

2. What did Kovach tell Rick to answer the next time someone asks him where he learned how to write?
(a) The South.
(b) God.
(c) Rick.
(d) Kovach.

3. What was Rick's first story about as a news reporter for the Anniston Star?
(a) Football players who suffered from concussions.
(b) Gang members who were shot to death.
(c) Race car drivers killed on the track.
(d) Deer hunters who were killing each other by accident.

4. What did Rick never do alone?
(a) Go to the movies.
(b) Drink.
(c) Go out to eat.
(d) Eat jellybeans.

5. What had Mark been doing since his fight with Sam?
(a) Rebuilding his home.
(b) Drinking more.
(c) Working.
(d) Living in the old house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did momma move out of her new house?

2. What did Margaret do at the buffet in New York City that both surprised and amused Rick?

3. What kind of a leader was Papa Doc to Haiti?

4. What overall statement did Rick make about Miami?

5. Where did Sam end up finding his career?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. At the early age of twenty where was Rick writing and what was he writing about?

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

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

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

8. How did Rick view winning the Pulitzer Prize?

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

10. 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?

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