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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. What did some children call Trethewey during a visit to New Orleans that was her first real experience of racism from other children?
(a) Mulatto.
(b) Half-breed.
(c) Zebra.
(d) Nigger.

2. How did Trethewey push back against Joel's violation of her privacy?
(a) She told social services.
(b) She began playing nasty tricks on him.
(c) She wrote angry things in her diary about him.
(d) She told her mother.

3. Who was Trethewey's friend Jody's sister?
(a) Wendy.
(b) Marcia.
(c) Lisa.
(d) Claire.

4. What was the name of the restaurant Gwendolyn worked at in Atlanta?
(a) The Red Room.
(b) The Factory.
(c) The Mine Shaft.
(d) Punch.

5. What occurred to Trethewey about the medium after she left her session?
(a) He might have expected her to tip him.
(b) He may have been mistaking May for June, significant because that was the month in which Gwendolyn died.
(c) He might have been trying to contact her grandmother.
(d) He might not have wanted to make contact with her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Trethewey hallucinate home from school with a high fever one day?

2. What happened shortly after Trethewey told Gwendolyn about how Joel tormented her?

3. What was the name of Trethewey's grandfather, Gwendolyn's father, who Trethewey never met?

4. What was Joel's pet phrase to Gwendolyn?

5. What did Joel tell Gwendolyn he would do if she left him?

(see the answer key)

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