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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. How many murders were there in New Orleans in 1994?
(a) 298.
(b) 356.
(c) 424.
(d) 499.
2. Who taught gym and history at Sarah's new school in ninth grade?
(a) Mr. Chris.
(b) Mr. Craig.
(c) Mr. Ryde.
(d) Mr. Casson.
3. What did Lynette choose to study when she left for school in 1993?
(a) Architecture.
(b) Fashion design.
(c) Accounting.
(d) Social work.
4. Who was the only immediate neighbor that the author met at her French Quarter apartment when she lived there over the course of a year?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Peter.
(c) Michael.
(d) Roger.
5. To what does the author compare a large, close family in Movement III: Part VII?
(a) A river.
(b) An ocean.
(c) An amoeba.
(d) A cloud.
Short Answer Questions
1. To what locale was Carl helicoptered from the Broad Street Overpass after Katrina?
2. Where was the author's grandmother taken to a nursing home for relocation due to Hurricane Katrina?
3. Who was Sarah Broom's seventh grade English teacher?
4. At what hotel did the author stay for the Tales of the Cocktail event described in Movement III: Part VII?
5. Where was Brittany studying biology when the author visited her in Movement IV: Part I?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where was the author living when Hurricane Katrina hit? How is this area described?
2. How is Herman described by the author?
3. How does the author describe the atmosphere of New Orleans in 1994?
4. Where did Lynette go in 1993? Why?
5. How does the author describe 1991-1996 in Movement II: Part VI?
6. What is ironic about the demolition of the Yellow House?
7. In what ways did Sarah guard the house in 1994?
8. Where did Ivory Mae go when Hurricane Katrina hit? With whom did she flee?
9. What did the author's mother do when she discovered Sarah had been skipping school?
10. Where was Carl when Hurricane Katrina hit? How did he survive?
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