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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. To what locale was Carl helicoptered from the Broad Street Overpass after Katrina?
2. When did the Plaza mall open?
3. By what name did Sarah Broom's family members call her growing up?
4. In what private school did Sarah Broom's mother enroll her after she was caught for repeated truancy in junior high?
5. What items did the author's friend David find in the dirt by the demolished Yellow House on a visit there described by the author in Movement III: Part VII?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where did Lynette go in 1993? Why?
2. How did the author perceive her new surroundings in Movement IV: Part III?
3. Why did Sarah Broom moved to Burundi? What did she do there?
4. How did the author perform academically in high school?
5. Where did Ivory Mae go when Hurricane Katrina hit? With whom did she flee?
6. What did Ivory Mae do when the family went to see the Yellow House after Katrina in Movement III: Part V?
7. Where was Carl when Hurricane Katrina hit? How did he survive?
8. Who ended up coming to stay with Byron in Vacaville after Katrina?
9. Why did Sarah Broom move to New Orleans in 2011? Where did she live?
10. What is ironic about the demolition of the Yellow House?
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
Describe three examples of irony from The Yellow House. How does the author use dramatic irony in the narrative? What situational irony can be perceived? What is the purpose of each example and how does it serve the story?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the location of the Yellow House. On what street was it located? How does the author describe the neighborhood around it during her childhood? How did the neighborhood change during the author's childhood?
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