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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 color is the last car that Myron bought Hazel?

2. What day of the week is it in Chapter 11?

3. Where does Jax tell Miss Hazel he and Miriam will live if he makes captain?

4. In Chapter 12, what is Mya eating when a car horn sounds in the driveway?

5. In Chapter 6, how many stories tall is the house Joan lives in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What car does August drive in Chapter 9, and why is it special?

2. What did Miriam do before she left North Carolina in Chapter 2?

3. How does Joan compare herself and Mya to her mother in Chapter 10?

4. What type of violence was in the neighborhood in Chapter 12?

5. In 1978, what does Hazel wear when she is gardening?

6. Why did August quit college and start styling hair?

7. How do Miriam and Jax meet?

8. Why does Miriam stop at an Exxon filling station in Chapter 2, and does he get what she wants?

9. What does Joan's father say to her mother before he walks out?

10. A week after Joan is raped, what does a doctor tell Miriam and Jax?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Setting is the place and time where a novel takes place. What is the setting in Memphis: A Novel? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Myron North built the Memphis house. What does the Memphis house mean to Miram and Joan? Why do they feel differently about the house?

Essay Topic 3

The North family experiences racism because they are Black. How does racism affect their lives?

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