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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. What did Simon Broom bring home for dinner on the night that he died?

2. How tall did Ivory Mae grow to become?

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

4. What are medians referred to in New Orleans?

5. How many points on a map does the author say her growing-up world contains in Movement II: Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What room does the author describe in Movement II: Part I? What was the significance of the room?

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

4. What were the prospects of the New Orleans East Inc. company for the area in 1959?

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

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

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

8. When and where was Lolo born? Who were her parents?

9. What are the points on the map that make up the author's growing-up world, as described in Movement II: Part IV?

10. What profession did Lolo eventually take on? Where did she work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss three examples of symbolism in The Yellow House. What does each symbol represent? How often does the symbol appear in the narrative? How does symbolism serve this story?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Ivory Mae's relationship with and marriage to Simon Broom. When and where did they meet? When did they marry? What were their ages when they married? What were their marital histories? How does the author characterize their relationship?

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