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

2. Who was Sarah Broom's seventh grade English teacher?
(a) Ms. Wilson.
(b) Ms. Edwards.
(c) Ms. James.
(d) Ms. Green.

3. Who said yellow is the color of divine clarity, according to the author in Movement III: Part II?
(a) Vincent Van Gogh.
(b) Tennessee Williams.
(c) Pablo Picasso.
(d) Walt Whitman.

4. In what private school did Sarah Broom's mother enroll her after she was caught for repeated truancy in junior high?
(a) St. Edward's Academy.
(b) Word of Faith Academy.
(c) St. Peter's Academy.
(d) Hoffman High School.

5. Where was Samantha Power giving a talk when the author met her?
(a) The Javits Convention Center.
(b) The Stacks Bookstore.
(c) The New York Public Library.
(d) Barnes and Noble Bookstore.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the author's mother and remaining family at the yellow house go when advised to evacuate due to Hurricane Katrina?

3. When did the Plaza mall open?

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Herman described by the author?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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