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

2. 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) Oprah Magazine.
(c) Time Magazine.
(d) The New York Times.

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

4. What was the name of the author's maternal grandfather?
(a) John Gant.
(b) Joseph Martin.
(c) Nathan Hobley.
(d) Lionel Soule.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what subdivision is the author's grandmother's house located in St. Rose?

2. What date opens Movement III: Part I?

3. Who was the driver for the nonprofit global company that the author led in 2009 that was ambushed and killed delivering medical supplies near Burundi?

4. For how much money did the author rent out her extra room in the French Quarter per night?

5. When were the Lafitte Projects demolished?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did the author end her friendship with Tiffany Cage?

3. What did Ivory Mae do when the family went to see the Yellow House after Katrina in Movement III: Part V?

4. What is ironic about the demolition of the Yellow House?

5. Where did Ivory Mae go when Hurricane Katrina hit? With whom did she flee?

6. What became of James and Alvin?

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

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

9. How does the author describe 1991-1996 in Movement II: Part VI?

10. Where was the author living when Hurricane Katrina hit? How is this area described?

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