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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 story did Rick write about in Clearwater that marked him forever?

2. What did Rick compare time lost to?

3. What was the one gift that Rick wanted more than anything to give his mother?

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

5. What did Rick say that men did instead of rioting?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Why did Rick never drink alone?

4. What kind of a man did Sam become, and what did Rick think about him?

5. What was the Susan Smith story that Rick covered?

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

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

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

9. How did Rick view winning the Pulitzer Prize?

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

Growing up, what was Rick taught to believe about black people? What did he learn as a child for himself about them? What happened with the experience after the black boy brought Rick's family food?

Essay Topic 2

How did poverty shape the young lives of the three brothers? How did Margaret get caught up in the poverty cycle, and what did it cost her?

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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