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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many siblings did Demond have?
(a) Two
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Zero.

2. How many other students were black in the school Ward attended in the late 1980s and early 1990s?
(a) None.
(b) 11.
(c) Seven.
(d) Three.

3. What year did Ward meet Demond?
(a) 1996.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1998.
(d) 2003.

4. Where was Ward's brother Joshua born?
(a) Oakland.
(b) DeLisle.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Gulfport.

5. How old was Ward in "Roger Eric Daniels III"?
(a) 25.
(b) 24.
(c) 27.
(d) 26.

6. How tall was Demond?
(a) 6 feet 1 inch.
(b) 5 feet 11 inches.
(c) 5 feet 10 inches.
(d) 6 feet 3 inches.

7. How many jobs did Ward's maternal grandmother have in order to support her family?
(a) Three to four.
(b) Two to three.
(c) One to two.
(d) Four to five.

8. What color did Ward's mother often dress her in when she was little?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Pink.
(d) Blue.

9. What color was Ward's father's first house in the Prologue?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Yellow.

10. How many children did Ward's maternal grandmother, Dorothy, raise on her own?
(a) Eight.
(b) Seven.
(c) Nine.
(d) Six.

11. How old was Demond when he became a father?
(a) Late twenties.
(b) Early twenties.
(c) 16.
(d) 19.

12. When did the Ward's great-grandparents build their home in the author's hometown?
(a) 1930s.
(b) 1940s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1920s.

13. Where did the author's father move to in the Prologue?
(a) Jacksonville.
(b) Durant.
(c) Montgomery.
(d) New Orleans.

14. When did Demond die?
(a) February 26, 2004.
(b) April 9, 2004.
(c) May 11, 2004.
(d) January 9, 2004.

15. In "We Are Wounded," from what type of tree did Ward's father hang a punching bag?
(a) Magnolia.
(b) Maple.
(c) Pecan.
(d) Spruce pine.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ward meet Demond?

2. What did Ward, her brother, and her friends pick and eat until they were sick in "We Are Wounded"?

3. How many years did Ward live in the Bay area after she was born?

4. When Ward and her family lived at her grandmother Dorothy's house, how long were the shifts that her grandmother worked at the plant?

5. What language did Wards's grandmother tell Ward that her ancestors spoke in "We Are in Wolf Town"?

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