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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) English.
(b) Creole.
(c) Spanish.
(d) French.

2. How was Aldon related to Ward?
(a) Second cousin.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Stepbrother.
(d) Cousin.

3. What river runs through DeLisle?
(a) Coldwater.
(b) Escatawpa.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Tombigbee.

4. What club did Ward visit in "Demond Cook"?
(a) Under the Hill.
(b) Ebony.
(c) Illusions.
(d) Upstairs Downstairs.

5. When Ward was eight and her family moved into her Grandma Dorothy's house, how many people lived there?
(a) 15.
(b) 9.
(c) 11.
(d) 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ward meet Demond?

2. Toward the end of the Prologue, what was the only sound that Ward could hear as she walked the streets of her hometown?

3. What would Mother Ellen and her siblings stuff their mattresses with?

4. What time period was covered in "We Are in Wolf Town"?

5. What type of dog did the author's father have in the Prologue?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Ward and her brother Joshua spend their days at the beginning of "We Are Wounded"?

3. What type of party did Ward have for her seventh birthday?

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

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

6. What was the club like that Ward and her friends went to in "Demond Cook"?

7. How did Ward describe Aldon in 2004?

8. Why did De'Sean live with his grandmother?

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

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

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