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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 119 - 157).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Joel show up to see Trethewey shortly after Gwendolyn left him?
(a) At the women's shelter.
(b) A football game where Trethewey was cheerleading.
(c) At the library.
(d) At Trethewey's after-school job.

2. What experience from Mexico did Trethewey always remember with some trepidation afterwards?
(a) Nearly being kidnapped.
(b) Almost drowning.
(c) A fire in their hotel.
(d) Getting badly sunburned.

3. What does Trethewey still think may have changed the way things ended with Joel and her mother?
(a) If she had told her mother to get a divorce.
(b) If she had told her grandmother about Joel's abuse.
(c) If she had told her mother about the way Joel tormented her.
(d) If she had told her father about how Joel tormented her.

4. What letters did the medium write on his notepad in front of Trethewey?
(a) BA.
(b) NA.
(c) WF.
(d) BF.

5. What did Trethewey remember about her trip to Atlanta with her mother?
(a) The hotels they stayed at.
(b) The car had engine trouble.
(c) The food they ate.
(d) The terrible traffic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the man Gwendolyn brought home to meet Trethewey in Part II?

2. What did Joel do the year that he finished technical school?

3. What truth did the photograph of Trethewey with her family from 1974 make clear, according to her?

4. What game did Trethewey sometimes play with her friend Dede?

5. Which president does Trethewey remember seeing on television in disgrace in Part III?

(see the answer key)

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