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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Movement IV: VI - IX and After.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many million pounds of thrust were produced by the 131-metric-ton stage one boosters built for the rocket boosters for the first stage of the Saturn Launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida?
(a) 7.5 million.
(b) 8.5 million.
(c) 1.5 million.
(d) 2.5 million.

2. When did Hurricane Betsy hit New Orleans?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1965.

3. How many miles must one travel from the French Quarter to reach the house where the author grew up?
(a) 7.
(b) 22.
(c) 19.
(d) 12.

4. Before Katrina hit, how many of the author's siblings lived in New Orleans?
(a) 6.
(b) 9.
(c) 2.
(d) 10.

5. In what village in Turkey does the author travel describe having found herself wandering and eating masa a year after Katrina?
(a) Kayaköy.
(b) Kuyucak.
(c) Yörük Köyü.
(d) Jumalakizik.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did John McDonogh bequeath half of his estate to New Orleans public schools?

2. What was the name of the author's maternal grandfather?

3. When did construction begin on the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MR-GO)?

4. When was Bessie Soule murdered?

5. Who is the author's eldest brother?

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