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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. Where does the narrator describe Carl working at a maintenance job in "Map"?

2. Where is the Ormanond Plantation located?

3. The Rigolets is described in "Map" as a straight connecting Lake Pontchatrain to what lake?

4. How old was Troy when Sarah was five?

5. How did Webb die?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the author's sense of identity change when she entered school? Why?

2. What is "colorism" and how does it apply in The Yellow House?

3. What does the author say about the 12 or 13 history-telling books she has about New Orleans?

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

5. From what perspective does the author describe her childhood address in "Map"?

6. What was the condition of the Yellow House when Ivory Mae purchased it? How much did it cost?

7. Where is the author's childhood home located?

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

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

10. What was MR-GO, and what were its impacts?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Ivory Mae's early life and upbringing. Where was she born? Who were her parents? Who raised her? What individuals influenced Ivory Mae's life and her later behavior and actions?

Essay Topic 2

How did Sarah Broom's poor eyesight shape her behavior and perceptions of the world as a child? When was her eyesight corrected? How did this change her outlook?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the structure of The Yellow House. How is the book broken into divisions? What is the significance of the titles of these divisions? How does the author develop the plot of the narrative?

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