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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. Where did the author live in Mississippi in the Prologue?
(a) Roxie.
(b) Cascilla.
(c) DeLisle.
(d) Bay Springs.

2. What hurricane hit Mississippi when Ward's father was 13?
(a) Katrina.
(b) Frederic.
(c) Camille.
(d) Elena.

3. In 1982, where did Ward's father work?
(a) Glass factory.
(b) Brake factory.
(c) Farm.
(d) Cotton mill.

4. What type of dog did the author's father have in the Prologue?
(a) English Mastiff.
(b) German Shepherd.
(c) Bull Terrier.
(d) Pit Bull.

5. What area of the city did Ward's father live in in the Prologue?
(a) Navarre.
(b) Shrewsbury.
(c) Dixon.
(d) Iberville

Short Answer Questions

1. What color was Ward's father's first house in the Prologue?

2. How long of a drive was it from Michigan to Mississippi?

3. What color did Ward wear the next time she visited the club in "Demond Cook"?

4. How old was Rog's father when he died?

5. What was the early name for DeLisle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the circumstances of Ward's birth?

2. Where were Pass Christian and DeLisle located?

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

4. What did Demond look like when Ward met him?

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

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

7. Who lived with Ward's grandmother in "We Are Wounded"?

8. When Ward was growing up in DeLisle in the 1980s, how was stealing handled?

9. Who was in Ward's immediate family when she was growing up?

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

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