The Yellow House Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Sarah M. Broom
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Yellow House Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Sarah M. Broom
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. When did the author's mother buy the yellow house where the author grew up?

2. The author notes that MR-GO would become an expensive failure. It would eventually cost taxpayers how much money per boat that passed through?

3. When did John McDonogh bequeath half of his estate to New Orleans public schools?

4. What did Simon Broom bring home for dinner on the night that he died?

5. What exit from I-5 does the author say you take to reach the house where she grew up in "Map"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Sarah McCutcheon and how did she influence Lolo's life?

3. Why did Ivory Mae decide not to remarry after Simon's death?

4. How did the author's outlook change when she was ten?

5. Why does the author say she was given the name Monique in Movement II: Part IV?

6. When did Hurricane Betsy strike? What damage did it incur?

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

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

9. What is "colorism" and how does it apply in The Yellow House?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's departure from New Orleans East and her collegiate education. Where did she attend college and graduate school? What did she study? How did she begin her career?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the themes of identity and place in The Yellow House. How are these themes interconnected? In what ways has the author defined herself based upon place? What does she comment about this?

Essay Topic 3

How did Ivory Mae purchase the Yellow House? When did she buy the property? When did her family move into the home? How is the house described when Ivory Mae's family began living there?

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