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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Louisiana Purchase take place?

2. How much did the house that the author grew up in cost when her mother bought it?

3. What was the population of New Orleans in 1960?

4. How many houses were demolished to make the way for the development of I-10 East in 1968?

5. In what New Orleans neighborhood did the author grow up?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Ivory Mae decide not to remarry after Simon's death?

2. Why was the author given the name Sarah?

3. When and how did the Yellow House come into the author's family?

4. Who was Sarah McCutcheon and how did she influence Lolo's life?

5. When did Hurricane Betsy strike? What damage did it incur?

6. When and how did Simon Broom die?

7. What helped Ivory Mae to cope after losing Simon?

8. When did Lolo go to Chicago? Why did she go?

9. Why does the author say she was given the name Monique in Movement II: Part IV?

10. How does the author describe the impacts of Brown v. Board of Education in New Orleans?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss three examples of simile and/or metaphor in The Yellow House. What is being compared? Why do you think the author makes this comparison? How does each example serve the reader?

Essay Topic 2

How did Ivory Mae purchase the Yellow House? When did she buy the property? When did her family move into the home? How is the house described when Ivory Mae's family began living there?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the themes of inequality and displacement in The Yellow House. How does the author develop these themes through individual narratives within the memoir? What symbols relate to these themes? What statement(s) is that author making regarding inequality and displacement through her memoir?

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