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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 is the name of the massive warehouse where Mardi Gras floats were made on Claiborne Avenue?

2. On what street is the New Orleans City Hall located?

3. What is the title of Movement II?

4. When did Lolo drop out of school, according to the author in "Movement I: Part I"?

5. Where did the author earn her master's degree?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the author's sense of identity change when she entered school? Why?

2. Who was John McDonogh?

3. What was New Orleans East like at the time when the ad for the Yellow House ran, according to the author in Movement I: Part V?

4. What profession did Lolo eventually take on? Where did she work?

5. What was MR-GO, and what were its impacts?

6. Who was Lionel Soule? How is he described?

7. What was the condition of the Yellow House when Ivory Mae purchased it? How much did it cost?

8. What physical problem did Michael struggle with as a young adult? How was it treated?

9. When and how did Simon Broom die?

10. Why did Ivory Mae decide not to remarry after Simon's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Ivory Mae purchase the Yellow House? When did she buy the property? When did her family move into the home? How is the house described when Ivory Mae's family began living there?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss Lolo's early life. Where and when was she born? Who were her parents? Who raised her? Where did she come of age? Who had major influences on her life?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss Ivory Mae's early life and upbringing. Where was she born? Who were her parents? Who raised her? What individuals influenced Ivory Mae's life and her later behavior and actions?

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