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

2. After how many days was Carl saved from a rooftop after the levees broke from Hurricane Katrina?
(a) 10.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

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

4. Where was Brittany studying biology when the author visited her in Movement IV: Part I?
(a) The University of California-Berkeley.
(b) St. Edward's University.
(c) The University of California-Merced.
(d) The University of North Texas.

5. 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) Joseph.
(c) Roger.
(d) Michael.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what hotel did the author stay for the Tales of the Cocktail event described in Movement III: Part VII?

2. What had Lynette become when she and the author were living as neighbors in Harlem?

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

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where did the author attend high school? How did she fit in here?

6. How does the author describe the atmosphere of New Orleans in 1994?

7. What became of James and Alvin?

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

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

10. What did the author's mother do when she discovered Sarah had been skipping school?

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