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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 year did Ward and her family move from their small house?

2. When Ward and her family lived at her grandmother Dorothy's house, how long were the shifts that her grandmother worked at the plant?

3. How long of a drive was it from Michigan to Mississippi?

4. What year was Charine born?

5. Where did Ward meet Demond?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Demond unusual?

2. How did Ward's great-great grandfather die?

3. Why did Ward's mother want to stay in California?

4. How did Ward describe where her father lived in New Orleans?

5. What type of party did Ward have for her seventh birthday?

6. How did Ward describe Aldon in 2004?

7. How hard of a worker was Ward's maternal grandmother, Dorothy?

8. What did Ward's classmates from Michigan do during the summer?

9. When Ward was growing up in DeLisle in the 1980s, how was stealing handled?

10. What did Demond look like when Ward met him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Homesickness is something Ward and others from Mississippi deal with. Why is homesickness such a factor for Ward and others who leave Mississippi? How are they affected by homesickness and how does it affect the decision they make in life?

Essay Topic 2

Ward noticed gender inequality even as a young child. What did Ward notice about life for men and women/boys and girls in her community? How was gender inequality prevalent in her community and how did it affect Ward and her family and friends?

Essay Topic 3

Both Ward's maternal and paternal grandparents were divorced. How did the divorces affect Ward's parents and the roles they assumed in their families? How did the divorces affect the type of people that Ward's parents became and later Ward and her siblings became?

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