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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 color house did Demond live in?

2. Where did the author live in Mississippi in the Prologue?

3. How long was Ward in the hospital after she was born?

4. How old was Ward in "Roger Eric Daniels III"?

5. When was Ward's mother's birthday?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Ward's father get the money to buy a motorcycle?

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

5. Where were Pass Christian and DeLisle located?

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

7. What was Ward's mother's home and yard like?

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

9. How did Ward describe Aldon in 2004?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both Ward's maternal and paternal grandparents were divorced. How did the divorces affect Ward's parents and the roles they assumed in their families? How did the divorces affect the type of people that Ward's parents became and later Ward and her siblings became?

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

Substance abuse is common in Ward's hometown. How does substance abuse affect the black community Ward has grown up in? How does substance abuse affect her life and the life of her family and friends?

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