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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of Carl's dogs was killed by a pit bull, leading him to sue?
(a) Jasper.
(b) Petey.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Mindy.

3. What items did the author's friend David find in the dirt by the demolished Yellow House on a visit there described by the author in Movement III: Part VII?
(a) A Bible and a shovel.
(b) A fish tank and a vase.
(c) A mirror and a butter knife.
(d) A spoon and a fleur-de-lis.

4. Where did Alexis Sinduhije flee after he was beaten and imprisoned by the government for running a radio station in Africa?
(a) Canada.
(b) France.
(c) Taiwan.
(d) Belgium.

5. To what does the author compare a large, close family in Movement III: Part VII?
(a) An amoeba.
(b) A cloud.
(c) A river.
(d) An ocean.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the author describe Karen graduating from college in Movement II: Part VI?

3. When was the author in sixth grade?

4. Who drove the family members to the Yellow House when they first went to view it in Movement III: Part V?

5. In what private school did Sarah Broom's mother enroll her after she was caught for repeated truancy in junior high?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the author begin getting into trouble in seventh grade?

2. How is Carl's home described in Movement IV: Part IV?

3. In what ways did Sarah guard the house in 1994?

4. Where was Michael when Hurricane Katrina hit? How did he survive?

5. Why did Sarah Broom moved to Burundi? What did she do there?

6. Where was Carl when Hurricane Katrina hit? How did he survive?

7. Why did Sarah Broom move to New Orleans in 2011? Where did she live?

8. Who ended up coming to stay with Byron in Vacaville after Katrina?

9. How did working at CC's Coffee Shop in the French Quarter affect the author?

10. What became of James and Alvin?

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