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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 went with a friend of hers for moral support.
(b) 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.
(c) She wanted to prove that the medium was a fraud.
(d) She wanted to hear about her own future.

2. What imaginary name did Trethewey give to herself in Part III?
(a) Princess Moana.
(b) Princess Leilani.
(c) Princess Ariel.
(d) Princess Belle.

3. What did Gwendolyn get for Trethewey that empowered her at the beginning in Part III?
(a) A record player.
(b) A guitar.
(c) A diary.
(d) A library card.

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

5. WHat was the one reminder of Gwendolyn's father in the house she grew up in?
(a) A charcoal drawing of him.
(b) An oil painting of him.
(c) A photo of him.
(d) One of his hats which always hung on a peg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Trethewey hear her mother telling Joel about the idea of him adopting her?

2. Which individual helped Gwendolyn at the Council for Battered Women?

3. Which family that Trethewey and her family befriended reminded her of the Jackson Five?

4. What did Trethewey remember about her trip to Atlanta with her mother?

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

(see the answer key)

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