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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 was the population of New Orleans in 1960?
(a) 627,525.
(b) 1,463,453.
(c) 735,645.
(d) 536,573.

2. What day did Mayor Victor Schiro designate as Beatles Day?
(a) June 22, 1962.
(b) September 16, 1964.
(c) September 23, 1966.
(d) October 30, 1969.

3. In 1959, when the New Orleans East Inc. company began planning for development of the area, they projected how many residents in the area by 1970, according to the author in "Movement I: Part V"?
(a) 1 million.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 2 million.

4. How many miles must one travel from the French Quarter to reach the house where the author grew up?
(a) 22.
(b) 7.
(c) 19.
(d) 12.

5. When did the author's mother buy the yellow house where the author grew up?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1959.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Webb's mother?

2. What was the economic damage that was assessed for Hurricane Betsy?

3. What is the address of the house where the narrator describes growing up in "Map"?

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

5. How did Webb die?

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