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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 the author's brother die?

2. Where were Ward's parents living when she was born?

3. How many siblings did Demond have?

4. When did Ward meet Demond?

5. In "We Are in Wolf Town," what animal did Ward say that she saw daring along ditches and slipping into the woods?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Demond die?

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

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

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

9. Where were Pass Christian and DeLisle located?

10. How did Ward describe Aldon in 2004?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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?

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