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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the minister at the Divine Mission of God church that Sarah McCutcheon introduced Lolo and her children to?
(a) Dr. John Gant.
(b) Dr. Joseph Martin.
(c) Dr. Steven Morris.
(d) Dr. Henry Carter.

2. The author notes that MR-GO would become an expensive failure. It would eventually cost taxpayers how much money per boat that passed through?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $40,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $20,000.

3. What was Sarah McCutcheon's maiden name?
(a) Perry.
(b) Gant.
(c) Riens.
(d) Randolph.

4. What is the title of Movement II?
(a) "The World Before Me."
(b) "Do You Know What It Means?"
(c) "The Grieving House."
(d) "Water."

5. How many houses were demolished to make the way for the development of I-10 East in 1968?
(a) 155.
(b) 128.
(c) 29.
(d) 265.

6. 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) Bertha Riens.
(b) Joseph Martin.
(c) Della Davis.
(d) John Gant.

7. What is listed on Simon Broom's death certificate as the cause of death?
(a) Intracranial hemorrhage.
(b) Stroke.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Kidney failure.

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

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

10. What uncle of Sarah Broom's was buried on the day she was born?
(a) Junius.
(b) Roger.
(c) Nathan.
(d) James.

11. 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) 50,000.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 2 million.
(d) 1 million.

12. Where did the author earn her master's degree?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Princeton.
(c) LSU.
(d) Berkeley.

13. Who is the author's eldest brother?
(a) Simon.
(b) Darryl.
(c) Byron.
(d) Roger.

14. Where did Lolo try her fate around 1942, leaving her children in others' care?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Boston.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Sarah Broom born?

2. What was the name of the author's elementary school changed to after it was called Jefferson Davis Elementary?

3. What was the population of New Orleans in 1960?

4. What second name does the narrator attribute to Carl in "Map"?

5. How old was Ivory Mae when she bought the house that the author grew up in?

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