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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 83 - 114).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Trethewey remember Gwendolyn wearing to work during her first years in Atlanta?
(a) A short black cocktail dress.
(b) A heavy brass bullet belt.
(c) A kimono.
(d) A colorful wrap around her hair.

2. What did Trethewey show her new friends that was a secret of Joel's in Part III?
(a) His watch.
(b) His flag from the army.
(c) His wood carvings.
(d) Pornographic magazines.

3. Why did Trethewey stop doing her hair in Part III?
(a) Joel used her hairbrush and left grease and dandruff in it.
(b) Gwendolyn would not pay for Trethewey to get her hair cut at a salon.
(c) Joel would not give her money for hair products.
(d) Joel told her he would cut if off if it looked like it did.

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

5. What was the name of Trethewey's grandfather, Gwendolyn's father, who Trethewey never met?
(a) Lenny.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Robert.
(d) Stennie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Joel do to violate Trethewey's privacy in Part III?

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

3. What advice did Trethewey's great aunt give her when she was still a child?

4. WHat was the one reminder of Gwendolyn's father in the house she grew up in?

5. What did Joel tell Gwendolyn was wrong with Trethewey when she left for school in Part III?

(see the answer key)

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