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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 type of gas station does Miriam stop at in Chapter 2?

2. Which wall of the kitchen in Chapter 7 is built from brick?

3. Where does the air conditioning break again in Chapter 2?

4. What is the name of the hospital where Hazel worked as the first Black nurse?

5. What flowers are on the wallpaper in the parlor in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miriam think it will be like to go back to school?

2. What does August do when she sees Jax choking Miriam in Chapter 9?

3. Why is Jax upset when Miriam wears red shoes in Chpater 5?

4. In Chapter 12, what is Miriam doing?

5. Why did August quit college and start styling hair?

6. What is the kitchen like in Chapter 7?

7. How does Joan describe the house her grandfather built?

8. What does Joan's father say to her mother before he walks out?

9. What wakes Joan in Chapter 6, and what does she see when she goes downstairs?

10. What type of violence was in the neighborhood in Chapter 12?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Setting is the place and time where a novel takes place. What is the setting in Memphis: A Novel? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

Essay Topic 2

A German Jew establishes a deli in the North Memphis neighborhood where the Norths live. Why does the deli become a fixture in North Memphis?

Essay Topic 3

Derek goes on trial for murder. Why is the verdict of the trial a foregone conclusion?

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