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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 grade is Joan in in Chapter 20?

2. What time does Joan hear the phone ring in Chapter 23?

3. When do people leave food in Chapter 24?

4. How long has it been in Chapter 22 since Miriam has seen Jax?

5. How long has Hazel's family live in the North Memphis neighborhood called Douglass?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miss Dawn tell Joan when Joan tells her about applying to art school in London?

2. How does Myron die?

3. How does Mya react when the World Trade Center towers fell and the Pentagon was attacked?

4. What does Della do for a living, and what type of job does she do?

5. In Chapter 22, how does Miriam hear about the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon?

6. What are August, Miriam, and Joan doing in Chapter 24, when the doorbell rings after two in the morning, and who do they find at the door?

7. Who calls in Chapter 23, and what decision is made after the call?

8. What are the conditions like when Hazel's mother sends her to the store in Chpater 13?

9. Why is Derek arrested in Chapter 18?

10. What shop is a staple in the North Memphis neighborhood where Hazel lives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of Memphis: A Novel?

Essay Topic 2

Della is a skilled seamstress. Why would she be considered an artist?

Essay Topic 3

Hazel and Myron meet at Stanley’s deli. What type of relationship do they have? How does Hazel cherish their relationship for the rest of her life?

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