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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before Katrina hit, how many of the author's siblings lived in New Orleans?
(a) 2.
(b) 10.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

2. What was the economic damage that was assessed for Hurricane Betsy?
(a) $3.4 million.
(b) $264,000.
(c) $4.5 billion.
(d) $1.2 billion.

3. When was Ivory Mae born?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1959.

4. Who is Karen's youngest child?
(a) Michelle.
(b) Brittany.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Amanda.

5. When did construction begin on the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MR-GO)?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1962.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is listed on Simon Broom's death certificate as the cause of death?

2. How old was Simon Broom, Jr. when his father died?

3. Who owned the strip of land between the author's childhood home and the next house, according to her narrative in "Movement I: Part V"?

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

5. From how many feet up does the narrator describe the aerial photographs of her former house having been taken in "Map"?

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