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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Ivory Mae attend junior high school?
(a) Hoffman Junior High School.
(b) Ernest Morial Junior High School.
(c) Rose Green Junior High School.
(d) Lafayette Junior High School.

2. What is the name of the massive warehouse where Mardi Gras floats were made on Claiborne Avenue?
(a) Bontemps Roulet.
(b) Rex Den.
(c) Zion Den.
(d) Ocala Den.

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

4. Where is the Ormanond Plantation located?
(a) Franklin Parish.
(b) St. Charles Parish.
(c) Ascension Parish.
(d) Iberia Parish.

5. How tall did Ivory Mae grow to become?
(a) 5'3".
(b) 6'.
(c) 5'11".
(d) 5'8".

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator describe Carl working at a maintenance job in "Map"?

2. Where did the author earn her master's degree?

3. How many miles must one travel from the French Quarter to reach the house where the author grew up?

4. When does the author describe the largest slave revolt in American history wherein an army of 500 or so made their way along the River Road headed to New Orleans to take over the city in "Movement I: Part I"?

5. When did John McDonogh bequeath half of his estate to New Orleans public schools?

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