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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. Who is the author's eldest brother?
(a) Roger.
(b) Byron.
(c) Darryl.
(d) Simon.

2. What is the name of the massive warehouse where Mardi Gras floats were made on Claiborne Avenue?
(a) Ocala Den.
(b) Bontemps Roulet.
(c) Zion Den.
(d) Rex Den.

3. What is the author's mother's name?
(a) Lolo Mae.
(b) Emilia.
(c) Ivory Mae.
(d) Dorothy Anne.

4. What was the name of Webb's mother?
(a) Anna.
(b) Dominique.
(c) Mildred.
(d) Karen.

5. Where had Darryl stolen computers from, leading to his arrest at age 19?
(a) Rose Hill Middle School.
(b) Hoffman Middle School.
(c) Franklin Middle School.
(d) Livingston Middle School.

Short Answer Questions

1. How tall did Ivory Mae grow to become?

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

3. How old was Troy when Sarah was five?

4. What was the name of the only daughter of Octavia and Alvin Javis?

5. When was Lillie Mae born, according to the author in "Movement I: Part I"?

Short Essay Questions

1. When and where was Lolo born? Who were her parents?

2. When and how did Simon Broom die?

3. What was New Orleans East like at the time when the ad for the Yellow House ran, according to the author in Movement I: Part V?

4. Who was Lionel Soule? How is he described?

5. When did Lolo go to Chicago? Why did she go?

6. When did Ivory Mae marry Simon Broom? How is he described?

7. What does the author say about the 12 or 13 history-telling books she has about New Orleans?

8. When and why did Lolo end up in New Orleans?

9. What profession did Lolo eventually take on? Where did she work?

10. When and how did the Yellow House come into the author's family?

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