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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. Why did Trethewey decide to go to a medium herself in Part IV?
(a) She wanted to hear about her own future.
(b) She went with a friend of hers for moral support.
(c) She wanted to prove that the medium was a fraud.
(d) She wanted to get some idea of what her mother experienced herself with a psychic, and she wanted to see if her mother would contact her.

2. What did Trethewey avoid when she moved back to Atlanta as an adult more than a decade after her mother's death?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) The park.
(c) The zoo.
(d) The Interstate 285.

3. Which months did the medium say he thought were significant to Trethewey at the beginning of the session?
(a) August and September.
(b) January and August.
(c) April and June.
(d) March and April.

4. Which Supreme Court case ruled that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional?
(a) Regis v. Florida.
(b) Loving v. Virginia.
(c) Scott v. North Carolina.
(d) Stoker v. Georgia.

5. What did Jody tell Trethewey MARTA stood for?
(a) Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority.
(b) Making Ants Run Through Airways.
(c) Making Amends Regarding Tall Alleys.
(d) Moving Africans Rapidly Through Atlanta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the last image Trethewey had of her mother before Gwendolyn's death?

2. What happened the year that Trethewey moved to Atlanta with her mother?

3. Which writer wrote, "All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware?"

4. Where did Joel often take Trethewey on their drives?

5. What did Joel tell his therapist years later about coming to see Tretheway in Part IV?

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