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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was New Orleans' Jackson Square formerly called?
(a) Central Square.
(b) Place dArmes.
(c) LaForche Square.
(d) Edward Island.

2. In what suite did the author stay during the Tales of the Cocktail event described in Movement III: Part VII?
(a) The Vieux Carre Suite.
(b) The St. Edward Suite.
(c) The Rose Suite.
(d) The Jefferson Davis Suite.

3. On what street did the Harrah's Hotel have its grand opening that the author attended?
(a) Dauphin Street.
(b) Decatur Street.
(c) Poydras Street.
(d) Chartres Street.

4. The author states in Movement IV: Part III that the apartment building across the balcony from hers in the French Quarter overcharges rent because who once lived there briefly?
(a) William Faulkner.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) Nathan Hobley.
(d) Tennessee Williams.

5. What was Simon Broom's birthday?
(a) June 23.
(b) February 22.
(c) January 12.
(d) March 5.

6. How much older is Lynette than Sarah Broom?
(a) 16 years older.
(b) 8 years older.
(c) 12 years older.
(d) 5 years older.

7. What date opens Movement III: Part V?
(a) September 4, 2004.
(b) October 3, 2005.
(c) October 4, 2007.
(d) May 12, 2005.

8. When did the Plaza mall open?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1977.

9. Who was the only immediate neighbor that the author met at her French Quarter apartment when she lived there over the course of a year?
(a) Roger.
(b) Michael.
(c) Peter.
(d) Joseph.

10. When did construction begin on the Cabildo Building begin, as described by the author in Movement IV: Part III?
(a) 1845.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1795.

11. Who taught gym and history at Sarah's new school in ninth grade?
(a) Mr. Chris.
(b) Mr. Casson.
(c) Mr. Ryde.
(d) Mr. Craig.

12. When did the author return to New Orleans to live for a second time as described in Movement IV: Part I?
(a) 2012.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2010.

13. When were the Lafitte Projects demolished?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2015.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2011.

14. When was the author in sixth grade?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1991.

15. How old was the author when she first had a bedroom of her own?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Alexis Sinduhije flee after he was beaten and imprisoned by the government for running a radio station in Africa?

2. Who was the clainetist that played below the author's French Quarter apartment regularly?

3. On what street is the entrance to the apartment building the author rented in the French Quarter in Movement IV: Part III?

4. Over what street did the author's French Quarter apartment hang when she moved there in Movement IV: Part III?

5. What New Orleans cop, also known as Robocop, ordered the murder of a woman who witnessed him pistol-whipping a 17-year-old in 1994?

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