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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Movement I: V - VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the author's mother's name?
(a) Lolo Mae.
(b) Dorothy Anne.
(c) Ivory Mae.
(d) Emilia.

2. Where did Lolo try her fate around 1942, leaving her children in others' care?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York.
(d) Los Angeles.

3. How old was the author's sister Karen when she was dragged down the road, according to her narrative in "Map"?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 11.

4. How many million pounds of thrust were produced by the 131-metric-ton stage one boosters built for the rocket boosters for the first stage of the Saturn Launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida?
(a) 8.5 million.
(b) 2.5 million.
(c) 1.5 million.
(d) 7.5 million.

5. When was the Intracoastal Waterway expanted through eastern New Orleans to connect with the Industrial Canal?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1952.

Short Answer Questions

1. What exit from I-5 does the author say you take to reach the house where she grew up in "Map"?

2. What was the name of the author's elementary school changed to after it was called Jefferson Davis Elementary?

3. When did Lolo drop out of school, according to the author in "Movement I: Part I"?

4. Where did Ivory Mae attend junior high school?

5. What does the author describe as the largest, most powerful rocket in NASA history to this day?

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