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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 truth did the photograph of Trethewey with her family from 1974 make clear, according to her?
(a) She missed her father terribly.
(b) She felt like an awkward child.
(c) She missed her grandfather terribly.
(d) She had already started to separate herself from her mother's new life.

2. In what year was Trethewey's mother born?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1932.

3. Where did Joel show up to see Trethewey shortly after Gwendolyn left him?
(a) At the women's shelter.
(b) A football game where Trethewey was cheerleading.
(c) At the library.
(d) At Trethewey's after-school job.

4. Where did Joel often take Trethewey on their drives?
(a) For ice cream.
(b) To the movies.
(c) Interstate 285.
(d) To the park.

5. What did Gwendolyn bring home as a reward for Trethewey's good grades in Part II?
(a) A new book.
(b) A doll.
(c) New clothes.
(d) Chocolate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grade was Trethewey in the first time she heard her mother being beaten?

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

3. When was the last time Gwendolyn saw her own father?

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

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

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