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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 job did Ward's mother have when she worked in Diamondhead?

2. In what year did a 17-year-old girl named Darlene attempt to cross the tracks in Pass Christian and get hit by a train?

3. In "We Are Learning," what type of car did Ward's mother drive when they went to New Orleans to visit her father?

4. In "We Are Watching," what grade was Joshua in?

5. What did the author think she would see a moment after death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Ward and those in her community mistrust in "Ronald Wayne Lizana"?

2. Why did Ward's mother enjoy the move to Gulfport?

3. How did Ward find herself wandering around New York when she lived there?

4. How did C. J. die?

5. What would Ward's mother pack for her children when they went to stay with their father and why?

6. When did Ward remember first seeing C.J., and what did he look like at that time?

7. Why did Ward volunteer to be a counselor for a camp run by her school?

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

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

10. How were Ward's siblings doing in school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Ward uses a metaphor to describe her hometown. What metaphor does Ward use to describe her hometown? In what ways is her town like a wolf and why does she come to that conclusion?

Essay Topic 3

C. J. didn't believe in a future for himself. How did C. J. live that revealed his belief that life was transient? How did that belief affect the way he lived his life?

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