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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rick do at the old little house that momma did not?

2. Rosario told Rick that he confronted the armed man in his store for what reason?

3. What did Rick say about his mother's attendance at his wedding?

4. What did momma feel about Mark's jail terms?

5. How long had momma lived in the little house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What experiences did Rick have in Miami?

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

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

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

10. How did Rick fare at Harvard?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did Rick truly believe about his father and the type of person he once was and the type of person he became? What changed his father? Why did Rick choose to believe this?

Essay Topic 2

What is a widow's mite, and why does Rick Bragg use it as a title for the first section of the book?

Essay Topic 3

After the riots in Miami, Sean kept the rock as did Rick for a while until they couldn't keep it any more. What is the significance of the rock? What made them keep it? What made them get rid of it?

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