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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 does perfume on a hog reference to in the chapter of that title?

2. Why did Margaret hang Rick's awards on her walls?

3. Who picked out momma's new house?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Rick fare at Harvard?

3. What experiences did Rick have in Miami?

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

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

6. Why did Rick hate Haiti?

7. Why did Rick never drink alone?

8. 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?

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

10. At Thanksgiving in the new house, what did Rick and Sam learn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the three brothers. How do their differences affect the choices that they make in life?

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

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?

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