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

2. When was the building built where the author rented a French Quarter apartment in Movement IV: Part III?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1835.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1802.

3. 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?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) William Faulkner.
(c) Nathan Hobley.
(d) Tennessee Williams.

4. Who taught gym and history at Sarah's new school in ninth grade?
(a) Mr. Craig.
(b) Mr. Chris.
(c) Mr. Ryde.
(d) Mr. Casson.

5. What author is referenced when the author discusses trying and failing to forget in Movement III: Part VII?
(a) Samuel Beckett.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) William Blake.
(d) Tennessee Williams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Karen's youngest child?

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

3. How many houses appeared on the Red Danger List (including the Yellow House) after Katrina?

4. Who was Byron's only daughter when he housed refugees from Katrina in its aftermath?

5. What was New Orleans' Jackson Square formerly called?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What became of James and Alvin?

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