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

2. What did Lynette choose to study when she left for school in 1993?
(a) Architecture.
(b) Fashion design.
(c) Accounting.
(d) Social work.

3. Where did Samantha Power suggest Sarah Broom go when they met?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Nigeria.
(c) Burundi.
(d) Egypt.

4. Where does the author describe Karen graduating from college in Movement II: Part VI?
(a) Xavier University.
(b) Southern University of New Orleans.
(c) Howard University.
(d) Loyola University, New Orleans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Carl when the author moved into her French Quarter apartment in Movement IV: Part III?

2. Who said yellow is the color of divine clarity, according to the author in Movement III: Part II?

3. What book did Samantha Power write about the United States' historic nonresponse to genocide throughout the world?

4. Where was the author's grandmother taken to a nursing home for relocation due to Hurricane Katrina?

5. How long is the drive from St. Rose to the French Quarter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the author perform academically in high school?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How did the author perceive her new surroundings in Movement IV: Part III?

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

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

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