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

2. Over what street did the author's French Quarter apartment hang when she moved there in Movement IV: Part III?
(a) Royal Street.
(b) Dauphin Street.
(c) St. Peter Street.
(d) Bourbon Street.

3. Where did Valeria and her daughters flee when evacuated due to Hurricane Katrina after they ran out of gas?
(a) Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
(b) Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
(c) Houston, Texas.
(d) Ozark, Alabama.

4. Who was Byron's only daughter when he housed refugees from Katrina in its aftermath?
(a) Maria.
(b) Anna.
(c) Jessica.
(d) Alexus.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How much older is Lynette than Sarah Broom?

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

4. At what nursing home was the author's grandmother when Hurricane Katrina hit?

5. At whose house did Ivory Mae and her crew hold out during Katrina?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What became of James and Alvin?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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