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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 was Simon Broom's funeral held?

2. What is described as the farthest dot of her growing-up universe from her in Movement II: Part IV?

3. Where was the author delivered when she was born?

4. Where did the author earn her master's degree?

5. Who had Edna married when she had Amelia come and live with her in New Orleans?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How were Michael and Darryl different when in school?

4. When did Ivory Mae marry Simon Broom? How is he described?

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

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

7. How did the author's outlook change when she was ten?

8. Who were the founder of New Orleans East, Inc.? How are they described?

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

10. What was New Orleans East like at the time when the ad for the Yellow House ran, according to the author in Movement I: Part V?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's departure from New Orleans East and her collegiate education. Where did she attend college and graduate school? What did she study? How did she begin her career?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe and discuss Lolo's early life. Where and when was she born? Who were her parents? Who raised her? Where did she come of age? Who had major influences on her life?

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