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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age did the author's grandfather die?
(a) 47.
(b) 50.
(c) 53.
(d) 45.

2. By the summer of 2004, how many of Ward's friends had died?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

3. How old was Ward when her family moved to a single-wide trailer on a dead-end road in DeLisle?
(a) Eight.
(b) Seven.
(c) Six.
(d) Nine.

4. How old was Charine when Ward first went away to college?
(a) 11.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 13.

5. How many pounds of crawfish were set to boil at midnight in "Demond Cook"?
(a) 85.
(b) 80.
(c) 50.
(d) 75.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1982, where did Ward's father work?

2. How long was Ward in the hospital after she was born?

3. Where was Ward going to school in "Roger Eric Daniels III"?

4. When was Ward born?

5. What color was the trailer Ward and her family moved to from their small house in the big field?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Ward was growing up in DeLisle in the 1980s, how was stealing handled?

2. What were the circumstances of Ward's birth?

3. What was Ward's mother's home and yard like?

4. What was the club like that Ward and her friends went to in "Demond Cook"?

5. How did Ward and her brother Joshua spend their days at the beginning of "We Are Wounded"?

6. What happened to Ward that taught her a lesson about sudden violence?

7. How hard of a worker was Ward's maternal grandmother, Dorothy?

8. What did Ward's classmates from Michigan do during the summer?

9. How did Ward's great-great grandfather die?

10. Why did De'Sean live with his grandmother?

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