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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what street is the entrance to the apartment building the author rented in the French Quarter in Movement IV: Part III?
(a) Decatur Street.
(b) St. Peter Street.
(c) Royal Street.
(d) Bourbon Street.

2. How long is the drive from St. Rose to the French Quarter?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 1 and 1/2 hours.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) 30 minutes.

3. In what cemetery does the author say her childhood friend Alvin is buried in Movement IV: Part IV?
(a) Rose Hill Cemetery.
(b) St. Jude Cemetery.
(c) Resthaven Cemetery.
(d) St. Edward's Cemetery.

4. Where was the author's grandmother taken to a nursing home for relocation due to Hurricane Katrina?
(a) Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
(b) Shreveport, Louisiana.
(c) Malvern, Arkansas.
(d) Tyler, Texas.

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

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

7. How many houses appeared on the Red Danger List (including the Yellow House) after Katrina?
(a) 1,975.
(b) 567.
(c) 2,343.
(d) 735.

8. Where did the author's mother and remaining family at the yellow house go when advised to evacuate due to Hurricane Katrina?
(a) Houston, Texas.
(b) Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
(c) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(d) Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

9. Where was the author working when she was neighbors with Lynette in Harlem, as described in Movement III: Part I?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) Time Magazine.
(c) Oprah Magazine.
(d) The New York Times.

10. At whose house did Ivory Mae and her crew hold out during Katrina?
(a) Sarah's house.
(b) Anna's house.
(c) Mary's house.
(d) Lisa's house.

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

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

13. How far north of San Francisco is Vacaville, California located, according to the author in Movement III: Part III?
(a) 90 miles.
(b) 200 miles.
(c) 55 miles.
(d) 23 miles.

14. 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) Peter.
(b) Roger.
(c) Michael.
(d) Joseph.

15. Where did Karen get her first job after arriving in Vacaville?
(a) McDonald's.
(b) UPS.
(c) CC's Coffee Shop.
(d) Office Depot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Lynette leave to study at in 1993?

2. Where was Samantha Power giving a talk when the author met her?

3. When was the author in sixth grade?

4. What is the name of the building where the author rented an apartment in the French Quarter in Movement IV: Part III?

5. 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?

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