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

2. What did Gwendolyn write in her own notes about the reasons she married Joel in the first place?
(a) Financial difficulties.
(b) A combination of emotional blackmail, physical threats, and intimidation.
(c) She was feeling vulnerable.
(d) She was young and thought she could change Joel.

3. What was Gwendolyn's job title in Part III?
(a) Manager, Macy's.
(b) Manager, Atlanta Public Library.
(c) Personnel Director, Rapid Transit Authority.
(d) Personnel Director, Georgia Retardation Center.

4. What grade was Trethewey in the first time she heard her mother being beaten?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Third.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Second.

5. What are the two things Trethewey knew about Abraham Lincoln in elementary school?
(a) The Emancipation Proclamation and John Wilkes Booth.
(b) The Civil War and The Gettysburg Address.
(c) The theater and the Civil War.
(d) The Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Trethewey's mother do in the new apartment in Part II to make her feel more at home?

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

3. What letters did the medium write on his notepad in front of Trethewey?

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

5. What club did Trethewey want to join in Part III in school?

(see the answer key)

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