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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 Charine when Ward first went away to college?

2. What did Ward, her brother, and her friends pick and eat until they were sick in "We Are Wounded"?

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

4. What color did Ward's mother often dress her in when she was little?

5. How many children did Ward's grandmother Dorothy's parents have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Demond unusual?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joshua found a cellar in the woods. What did the cellar symbolize for Ward, and how did the cellar come to haunt her throughout her life?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Ward struggled with grief after Joshua died. In what ways did she struggle with grief? Why was it so difficult for her to deal with her brother's death? In what ways was she able to cope with his death?

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