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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. Why is Stanley not able to walk Miriam down the aisle?

2. In Chapter 19, what does Hazel bring Myron for lunch?

3. What branch of service did Myron serve in during the war?

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

5. In Chapter 16, how many months pregnant is Hazel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Derek's trial like?

2. When Joan is a junior in high school, what art class is she taking?

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

4. What does Professor Mason, Joan's art teacher at Rhodes suggest her senior year?

5. Why does August want the children walked to school by armed gun members in Chapter 15?

6. Why does Miriam want Joan to be a doctor?

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

8. When did Miriam graduate from nursing school, and what was her graduation ceremony like?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

August reveals information about Derek’s father during Derek’s murder trial. What information does August reveal? What does that information reveal about the relationship Derek had with his father and how it still affects him?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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