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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. What would young people play on Sundays at the county park in Ward's hometown in the Prologue?

2. When did Ward's family move back to Mississippi?

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

4. Where did the author's father move to in the Prologue?

5. In 1982, where did Ward's father work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Ward's classmates from Michigan do during the summer?

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

3. How did Demond die?

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

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

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

7. Why was Demond unusual?

8. How did Ward describe where her father lived in New Orleans?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ward writes with heart about her subject and that affects the mood of the memoir. What is the prevalent mood throughout the novel? What does that reveal about how Ward feels about the events and how they affect her life?

Essay Topic 2

Race has played a role in Ward's past. How has race affected her ancestors and herself? Have these effects been mostly negative or positive?

Essay Topic 3

Ward began her life as a fighter. What type of fighter was Ward as she grew up? In what ways did she follow her ancestors who were also fighters? How did Ward's will to fight and survive affect her life?

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