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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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"?
(a) Joseph Martin.
(b) Bertha Riens.
(c) John Gant.
(d) Della Davis.

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

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

4. How many siblings does the author have?
(a) 10.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 9.

5. Which of Sarah's siblings did not take his father's death well and went mute for a time?
(a) Simon Jr.
(b) Carl.
(c) Byron.
(d) Darryl.

6. How many days past "the Water" does the narrator describe Carl sitting where their home used to be in "Map"?
(a) 5,245 days.
(b) 1,354 days.
(c) 4,015 days.
(d) 2,342 days.

7. 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) 2 million.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 1 million.
(d) 50,000.

8. 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.

9. What is described as the farthest dot of her growing-up universe from her in Movement II: Part IV?
(a) Her elementary school.
(b) Her father's house.
(c) Her church.
(d) Her grandmother's house.

10. Who had Edna married when she had Amelia come and live with her in New Orleans?
(a) Henry Carter.
(b) John Gant.
(c) Roger Moore.
(d) James Watson.

11. How old was Lolo when she gave birth to the author's mother?
(a) 19.
(b) 29.
(c) 16.
(d) 25.

12. What did Simon Broom bring home for dinner on the night that he died?
(a) Domino's Pizza.
(b) Popeyes chicken.
(c) Wendy's hamburgers.
(d) Churches chicken.

13. What was the name of the author's elementary school changed to after it was called Jefferson Davis Elementary?
(a) Ernest Morial Elementary.
(b) Randal Walker Elementary.
(c) James Rogers Elementary.
(d) Sarah Waterson Elementary.

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

15. When was Lillie Mae born, according to the author in "Movement I: Part I"?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1921.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the house that the author grew up in cost when her mother bought it?

2. What room of the house does the author describe hiding in when she was five in Movement II: Part I?

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

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

5. How tall did Ivory Mae grow to become?

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