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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. Who did the medium tell Trethewey was communicating with him from her family?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Her grandmother.

2. What did Joel tell his therapist years later about coming to see Tretheway in Part IV?
(a) He wanted to see her one last time before he killed himself.
(b) He did not remember going to see her that night.
(c) He wanted to pass a message to her mother through her.
(d) He wanted to kill her then, but she spoke kindly to him, so he did not.

3. What did Trethewey's new friend Wendy's father do for a living?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Pilot.
(d) Landscaper.

4. What word did Trethewey's father use to refer to her in one of his poems?
(a) Puzzle.
(b) Crossbreed.
(c) Zebra.
(d) Octaroon.

5. What happened to Trethewey when she first set out to start writing about her mother?
(a) She talked to her partner about her mother more.
(b) She had to take a leave of absence from work.
(c) She had more dreams about her mother in a few weeks than she had in decades.
(d) She had to call her grandmother for comfort.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one way Trethewey thought the medium might try to find information about her?

2. What moment from Part II did Trethewey recall at her mother's funeral?

3. What did some of the staff at the family shelter say to Gwendolyn when she first got there with her children?

4. What organization helped Gwendolyn when she was trying to leave Joel?

5. What did Gwendolyn tell Trethewey to do the day they were going to move out and she left Joel?

(see the answer key)

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