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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. When did Ward meet Demond?

2. What river runs through DeLisle?

3. When was Ward born?

4. What was the name of Ward's great-great-grandfather who was shot and killed by the Revenues?

5. What year was Charine born?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why was Demond unusual?

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

6. What did Ward say about the names of her hometown?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ward struggled with thoughts of suicide after her brother's death. Why did she struggle with those thoughts? What were some ways that she tried to keep herself from committing suicide? What was the most important reason for not committing suicide and how did that keep her living?

Essay Topic 2

Ward found it difficult to trust. What did Ward reveal about trust for herself, her family, and her community? Why was trust so difficult to find in her life and the lives of those around her?

Essay Topic 3

C. J. didn't believe in a future for himself. How did C. J. live that revealed his belief that life was transient? How did that belief affect the way he lived his life?

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