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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) 1.5 million.
(b) 2.5 million.
(c) 7.5 million.
(d) 8.5 million.

3. 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) Sarah Waterson Elementary.
(d) James Rogers Elementary.

4. What was the name of Webb's mother?
(a) Karen.
(b) Anna.
(c) Mildred.
(d) Dominique.

5. When did John McDonogh bequeath half of his estate to New Orleans public schools?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1795.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1889.

6. Who cared for Sarah Broom during her father's funeral?
(a) Joyce Davis.
(b) Rosanna Perry.
(c) Emma Wilson.
(d) Bertha Riens.

7. Where was Simon Broom's funeral held?
(a) St. Edward's Cathedral.
(b) Randolph Watson Church.
(c) Beecher Memorial Church.
(d) St. Jude Cathedral.

8. How many points on a map does the author say her growing-up world contains in Movement II: Part IV?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 10.

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

10. On what street is the New Orleans City Hall located?
(a) Orleans Street.
(b) Jefferson Street.
(c) Perdido Street.
(d) Dauphin Street.

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

12. How old was Ivory Mae when she bought the house that the author grew up in?
(a) 21.
(b) 29.
(c) 26.
(d) 19.

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

14. When did Mayor deLesseps "Chep" Morrison first win the mayoral election in New Orleans?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1941.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ivory Mae finally move her family into the home she bought after renovations?

2. 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"?

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

4. When was the Intracoastal Waterway expanted through eastern New Orleans to connect with the Industrial Canal?

5. The Rigolets is described in "Map" as a straight connecting Lake Pontchatrain to what lake?

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