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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Sarah Broom's seventh grade English teacher?
(a) Ms. Edwards.
(b) Ms. James.
(c) Ms. Green.
(d) Ms. Wilson.

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

3. What color does the author describe painting her Harlem apartment a year or so after Katrina?
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Pink.
(d) Purple.

4. Over what street did the author's French Quarter apartment hang when she moved there in Movement IV: Part III?
(a) Dauphin Street.
(b) St. Peter Street.
(c) Royal Street.
(d) Bourbon Street.

5. When was the building built where the author rented a French Quarter apartment in Movement IV: Part III?
(a) 1802.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1835.
(d) 1798.

6. What book did Samantha Power write about the United States' historic nonresponse to genocide throughout the world?
(a) The False Hope.
(b) A Problem from Hell.
(c) The Mission of Apollo.
(d) The Lonely Struggle.

7. What author is referenced when the author discusses trying and failing to forget in Movement III: Part VII?
(a) William Blake.
(b) Samuel Beckett.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Tennessee Williams.

8. How many chapters are there in the Book of Proverbs?
(a) 42.
(b) 31.
(c) 36.
(d) 33.

9. Who does the author describe as the bald teacher of her one memorable math class in seventh grade?
(a) Mr. Smith.
(b) Mr. Nero.
(c) Mr. Anderson.
(d) Mr. Rogers.

10. Who was the clainetist that played below the author's French Quarter apartment regularly?
(a) Sandra.
(b) Mary.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Doreen.

11. Where did Valeria and her daughters flee when evacuated due to Hurricane Katrina after they ran out of gas?
(a) Ozark, Alabama.
(b) Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
(c) Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
(d) Houston, Texas.

12. How many murders were there in New Orleans in 1994?
(a) 499.
(b) 356.
(c) 424.
(d) 298.

13. 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?
(a) Joseph Martin.
(b) Len Davis.
(c) Roger Watts.
(d) Nathan Hobley.

14. By what name did Sarah Broom's family members call her growing up?
(a) Anita.
(b) Sissy.
(c) Angela.
(d) Monique.

15. Where did Lynette leave to study at in 1993?
(a) New York University.
(b) Pratt Institute of Technology.
(c) The University of California, Berkeley.
(d) Columbia University.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the author's father buried?

2. Who showed his work badge, allowing the author's family to pass the roadblocks to see the Yellow House in Movement III: Part V?

3. Where was Michael relocated when the author finally reached him on the phone after Katrina?

4. Where was the author working when she was neighbors with Lynette in Harlem, as described in Movement III: Part I?

5. How much money does the author say police officers earned in New Orleans in 1994?

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