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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. In Chapter 22, in how many years will Miriam be a nurse?

2. Where were Myron and Hazel married?

3. How long has Hazel's family live in the North Memphis neighborhood called Douglass?

4. In Chapter 14, what type of ice cream do Hazel and Myron always get?

5. In Chapter 24, who brings Mya home from school after she hears the Pentagon is struck?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Hazel meet Myron, and what is their first encounter like?

2. How does Mya react when the World Trade Center towers fell and the Pentagon was attacked?

3. When Joan is a junior in high school, what art class is she taking?

4. Who calls in Chapter 23, and what decision is made after the call?

5. What role does Hazel play in her mother's business?

6. What are the conditions like when Hazel's mother sends her to the store in Chpater 13?

7. Why is Derek arrested in Chapter 18?

8. Why does August want the children walked to school by armed gun members in Chapter 15?

9. How did Hazel's father die?

10. Why does Joan go to Sunday Mass?

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

Joan is a girl of ten at the beginning of Memphis: A Novel and a young lady preparing for college at the end of the book. How do the events in the book help Joan mature and grow in the novel? What role does learning to forgive have in her growth?

Essay Topic 3

Poverty and crime are endemic in the North Memphis neighborhood where the Norths live. How do poverty and crime affect the Norths and the neighborhood where they live?

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