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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. Where is Myron's body found?

2. What type of stone is on the ring Myron give Hazel when he proposes?

3. In Chapters 20, who comes to see Joan when she is in history class?

4. After Hazel's father died, by how much does Mrs. Finely overpay her monthly bill?

5. Where did the thimble come from that Hazel has from Myron in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Hazel's father die?

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

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

4. How does Myron die?

5. How does Myron propose to Hazel and how does she respond?

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

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

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

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

10. Why is Derek arrested in Chapter 18?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joan is a girl of ten at the beginning of Memphis: A Novel and a young lady preparing for college at the end of the book. How do the events in the book help Joan mature and grow in the novel? What role does learning to forgive have in her growth?

Essay Topic 2

Derek goes on trial for murder. Why is the verdict of the trial a foregone conclusion?

Essay Topic 3

A German Jew establishes a deli in the North Memphis neighborhood where the Norths live. Why does the deli become a fixture in North Memphis?

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