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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through We Are Born.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the summer of 2004, how many of Ward's friends had died?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

2. How many other students were black in the school Ward attended in the late 1980s and early 1990s?
(a) None.
(b) Three.
(c) 11.
(d) Seven.

3. What color skin did Ward's mother have?
(a) Tan.
(b) Black.
(c) Pecan.
(d) Olive.

4. How old was Ward's father when she was born?
(a) 22.
(b) 21.
(c) 19.
(d) 20.

5. When did Ward's family move back to Mississippi?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1980.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Ward born?

2. How old was Ward's mother when she was born?

3. What would young people play on Sundays at the county park in Ward's hometown in the Prologue?

4. What river runs through DeLisle?

5. How many jobs did Ward's maternal grandmother have in order to support her family?

(see the answer key)

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