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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 high did Ward's credit card debt climb in "Joshua Adam Dedeaux"?

2. When was Ronald Wayne Lizana born?

3. How old was Charine the day Ward took pictures of C. J. at the park in "Charles Joseph Martin"?

4. How many weeks did the camp run where Ward was a counselor in "Ronald Wayne Lizana"?

5. When was Joshua born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Ward's father do when Joshua died?

2. Why did Ward's mother not have many options for work?

3. in "Charles Joseph Martin," what did Ward say that she learned since she had left home?

4. How did Ward's job search proceed in "Joshua Adam Dedeaux?

5. Why was the role of father difficult for Ward's father to assume?

6. Why did Ward pray in "We Are Learning" to move back to DeLisle?

7. Why didn Ward not develop a relationship with any of the other Black students who attended her private school?

8. After leaving the family in Gulfport, what did Ward's father do?

9. What did Ward say about Ronald's living situations when she knew him in "Ronald Wayne Lizana"?

10. How did C. J. die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

As time went on the memories of Joshua were fading. What did Ward want to remember about her brother? What did she want others to remember? How did she strive to keep those memories alive?

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