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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. Who is Karen's youngest child?

2. 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?

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

4. Who was the clainetist that played below the author's French Quarter apartment regularly?

5. At what hotel did the author stay for the Tales of the Cocktail event described in Movement III: Part VII?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where was Michael when Hurricane Katrina hit? How did he survive?

3. What is ironic about the demolition of the Yellow House?

4. How did working at CC's Coffee Shop in the French Quarter affect the author?

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

6. Why did the author end her friendship with Tiffany Cage?

7. What became of James and Alvin?

8. How did the author perceive her new surroundings in Movement IV: Part III?

9. How did the author begin getting into trouble in seventh grade?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the impacts of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans East and the author's family. When did Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans? What caused the levees to break? How much structural damage came about due to the hurricane? How has New Orleans East recovered?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the themes of identity and place in The Yellow House. How are these themes interconnected? In what ways has the author defined herself based upon place? What does she comment about this?

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