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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language did Wards's grandmother tell Ward that her ancestors spoke in "We Are in Wolf Town"?
(a) French.
(b) Spanish.
(c) English.
(d) Creole.

2. What would Ward's Uncle Bookie buy for the kids in the Prologue?
(a) Ice pops.
(b) Candy.
(c) Lollipops.
(d) Ice cream cones.

3. How many children did Ward's grandmother Dorothy's parents have?
(a) Nine.
(b) 11.
(c) 12.
(d) Ten.

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

5. What type of motorcycle did Ward's father buy in the 1980s?
(a) Harley-Davidson.
(b) Kawasaki.
(c) Yamaha.
(d) Honda.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Ward's mother work when they lived with her grandmother Dorothy in "We Are Wounded"?

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

4. What type of school did the author attend in the late 1980s and early 1990s?

5. Where was Ward's brother Joshua born?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where were Pass Christian and DeLisle located?

2. What was Ward's mother's home and yard like?

3. What did Ward remember doing with her Uncle Bookie?

4. How hard of a worker was Ward's maternal grandmother, Dorothy?

5. How did Ward describe photographs of her ancestors in "We Are in Wolf Town"?

6. What were some of the jobs that Demond held?

7. What happened to Ward that taught her a lesson about sudden violence?

8. How did Ward's great-great grandfather die?

9. What did Ward's mother look like when she and Ward's father were first married?

10. Why in the 1900s did adults in DeLisle arrange visits with other communities in Alabama or Louisiana?

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