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

2. Where was the author's father buried?
(a) St. Jude Cemetery.
(b) Providence Memorial Cemetery.
(c) Rose Hill Cemetery.
(d) Immacuate Truth Cemetery.

3. How old was Carl when the author moved into her French Quarter apartment in Movement IV: Part III?
(a) 44.
(b) 35.
(c) 41.
(d) 48.

4. What is the name of the building where the author rented an apartment in the French Quarter in Movement IV: Part III?
(a) The Montellier Building.
(b) The Roullet Building.
(c) The LaBranche Building.
(d) The Fleur-de-Lis Building.

5. In what subdivision is the author's grandmother's house located in St. Rose?
(a) Wilson Hollow.
(b) Preston Hollow.
(c) Watson Hollow.
(d) Lenworth Hollow.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the author return to New Orleans to live for a second time as described in Movement IV: Part I?

2. 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?

3. What color does the author describe painting her Harlem apartment a year or so after Katrina?

4. Who does the author describe as the bald teacher of her one memorable math class in seventh grade?

5. How much money does the author say police officers earned in New Orleans in 1994?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What became of James and Alvin?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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