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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Movement I: I - IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Hurricane Betsy hit New Orleans?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1970.

2. Who was the minister at the Divine Mission of God church that Sarah McCutcheon introduced Lolo and her children to?
(a) Dr. Steven Morris.
(b) Dr. Henry Carter.
(c) Dr. Joseph Martin.
(d) Dr. John Gant.

3. When was Ivory Mae born?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1941.

4. Where did the author earn her master's degree?
(a) Berkeley.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Princeton.
(d) LSU.

5. Where is the Ormanond Plantation located?
(a) Iberia Parish.
(b) Franklin Parish.
(c) Ascension Parish.
(d) St. Charles Parish.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days past "the Water" does the narrator describe Carl sitting where their home used to be in "Map"?

2. In what New Orleans neighborhood did the author grow up?

3. What was Aunt Shugah's actual name, according to the author in "Movement I: Part I"?

4. The Rigolets is described in "Map" as a straight connecting Lake Pontchatrain to what lake?

5. When does the author describe the largest slave revolt in American history wherein an army of 500 or so made their way along the River Road headed to New Orleans to take over the city in "Movement I: Part I"?

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