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

2. What was the early name for DeLisle?

3. When Ward would visit Mississippi during breaks from college, where would she stay?

4. Where did Ward meet Demond?

5. How long were Ward's parents married before they split up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How did Ward describe Aldon in 2004?

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

8. How did Demond die?

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

10. What did Ward's maternal grandmother remember about traveling to visit relatives north of DeLisle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chapter 8 is titled "We Are Watching." What were Ward and Joshua watching in that chapter and what did they learn about their roles in life by watching? How did watching shape the adults they became?

Essay Topic 2

Life in Ward's community seemed to be futile. Why did life seem futile? How did that affect the way that Ward and others in her community lived and died?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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