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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Movement III: V - VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lynette choose to study when she left for school in 1993?
(a) Fashion design.
(b) Social work.
(c) Architecture.
(d) Accounting.

2. How much money does the author say police officers earned in New Orleans in 1994?
(a) $25,000/year.
(b) $42,000/year.
(c) $18,000/year.
(d) $28,000/year.

3. When was the Intracoastal Waterway expanted through eastern New Orleans to connect with the Industrial Canal?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1952.

4. When did the Plaza mall open?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1969.

5. When did Ivory Mae finally move her family into the home she bought after renovations?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1966.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Karen's youngest child?

2. In what private school did Sarah Broom's mother enroll her after she was caught for repeated truancy in junior high?

3. What kind of car did Michael and his wife drive after marrying and buying a house?

4. In what village in Turkey does the author travel describe having found herself wandering and eating masa a year after Katrina?

5. Who owned the strip of land between the author's childhood home and the next house, according to her narrative in "Movement I: Part V"?

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