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

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

3. How old was Ward's father when she was born?

4. How old was De'Sean when Ward's mother kicked Nerissa out?

5. How many siblings did Demond have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Demond die?

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

3. How did Ward describe her school and her life?

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

5. Where were Pass Christian and DeLisle located?

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

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

8. Why did Ward's mother want to stay in California?

9. Why was there a woods in "We Are Wounded" that belonged to Du Pont?

10. What did Ward's maternal grandmother remember about traveling to visit relatives north of DeLisle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There seemed to be a cycle that Ward, her family, and friends lived. What was the cycle that affected their lives? In what way were they relieving events that had happened to their ancestors? How did that repetition of history affect them and the lives they lived?

Essay Topic 2

Violence stalked Ward, her family, and her friends. What type of violence was common? How did that violence affect Ward and her friends? How did it change their lives?

Essay Topic 3

Life in Ward's community seemed to be futile. Why did life seem futile? How did that affect the way that Ward and others in her community lived and died?

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