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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. Where was Rick working in the winter of 1964 as Chapter 16 opened?

2. What did Rick's wife tell him that scared him out of the marriage?

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

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

5. What story brought Rick back home in 1994?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Rick hate Haiti?

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

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

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

5. What did Rick experience when he first returned to the South as the Southern Correspondent for the New York Times?

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

7. Why did Rick never drink alone?

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

9. What comparisons did Rick make between himself and his father? How did he feel about the comparisons?

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

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 are Rick's views about religion? Where do they come from? How do they affect him emotionally? What does he understand that he is missing?

Essay Topic 3

What historical lesson did Rick Bragg teach his readers about Haiti? How has this story affected Rick, and what did he hope the story would continue to do to his readers?

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