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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 41 - 82).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What state did Trethewey's parents get married in?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Mississippi.

2. What question did Trethewey's mother ask her in Part I in her dream?
(a) Can you forgive me?
(b) Do you know what it means to have a wound that never heals?
(c) What time is it?
(d) How are you doing?

3. WHat did the Ku Klux Klan do to terrorize Trethewey's grandmother in the 1960s?
(a) Hung a noose in her tree.
(b) Burned a cross in her driveway.
(c) Followed her in their trucks.
(d) Shot at her house.

4. What was the name of the man Gwendolyn brought home to meet Trethewey in Part II?
(a) Robert.
(b) Gem.
(c) Aaron.
(d) Joel.

5. What did Trethewey yell when she woke up from her dream in Part I?
(a) Help us!
(b) No!
(c) I can save you!
(d) Fire!

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession did Trethewey's father pursue?

2. Which university did Trethewey's father attend for graduate school?

3. Which magazine published pictures of Emmett Till after his brutal death in 1955?

4. What was Atlanta's nickname in the 1960s?

5. Where did Gwendolyn get a job in the early years she and Trethewey were in Atlanta?

(see the answer key)

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