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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Rigolets is described in "Map" as a straight connecting Lake Pontchatrain to what lake?
(a) Lake Orleans.
(b) Lake Borgne.
(c) Lake Merida.
(d) Lake Kangaroo.

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

3. 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) 8.5 million.
(c) 7.5 million.
(d) 2.5 million.

4. 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) $5,000.
(b) $40,000.
(c) $20,000.
(d) $10,000.

5. How old was Troy when Sarah was five?
(a) 17.
(b) 13.
(c) 19.
(d) 26.

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

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

8. What does the author describe as the largest, most powerful rocket in NASA history to this day?
(a) The Thor-Delta.
(b) The Rebhar-I.
(c) The Saturn V.
(d) The Atlas-Agena.

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

10. When did Ivory Mae finally move her family into the home she bought after renovations?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1961.

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

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

13. Where does the narrator describe Carl working at a maintenance job in "Map"?
(a) Amco.
(b) NASA.
(c) The UN building.
(d) City Hall.

14. What room of the house does the author describe hiding in when she was five in Movement II: Part I?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The basement.
(d) The attic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What uncle of Sarah Broom's was buried on the day she was born?

2. What is described as the farthest dot of her growing-up universe from her in Movement II: Part IV?

3. What is the name of the massive warehouse where Mardi Gras floats were made on Claiborne Avenue?

4. How many days past "the Water" does the narrator describe Carl sitting where their home used to be in "Map"?

5. Approximately when was Amelia born?

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