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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. How much of Mississippi's population is Black?

2. How much older was Ward than C. J.?

3. When Joshua was 13 how much of the summer did he live at his father's apartment?

4. What type of trees surrounded the property where Ward's family moved in "We Are Learning"?

5. In "We Are Learning," what color was the old mansion where Ward's mother worked for a white family?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did parents who allowed company, not want company too often?

2. Why did Ward's mother enjoy the move to Gulfport?

3. Why didn Ward not develop a relationship with any of the other Black students who attended her private school?

4. What would Ward's mother pack for her children when they went to stay with their father and why?

5. What was Ronald like in elementary school?

6. How did Ward find herself wandering around New York when she lived there?

7. What did Ward do after she finished her master's coursework at Stanford in April 2000?

8. How did C. J. die?

9. What did Ward and those in her community mistrust in "Ronald Wayne Lizana"?

10. Why did Ward get tattoos on her wrists?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There seemed to be a cycle that Ward, her family, and friends lived. What was the cycle that affected their lives? In what way were they relieving events that had happened to their ancestors? How did that repetition of history affect them and the lives they lived?

Essay Topic 2

Ward writes with heart about her subject and that affects the mood of the memoir. What is the prevalent mood throughout the novel? What does that reveal about how Ward feels about the events and how they affect her life?

Essay Topic 3

Race has played a role in Ward's past. How has race affected her ancestors and herself? Have these effects been mostly negative or positive?

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