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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. When was the last time Gwendolyn saw her own father?
(a) When she was 16.
(b) When she was 5.
(c) When she was 12.
(d) When she was 19.

2. What advice did Trethewey's great aunt give her when she was still a child?
(a) To always have a lipstick in her purse.
(b) Never to marry a man with less education that she had herself.
(c) To always have a job with which she could support herself.
(d) Never to let a man hit her.

3. Where did Trethewey's father complete his graduate studies?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Biloxi.
(d) New York City.

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

5. What surprise did Gwendolyn have for Trethewey in 1973?
(a) A new baby brother.
(b) She was moving back to Mississippi.
(c) A new house.
(d) She was getting back together with Trethewey's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Trethewey born?

2. What did Gwendolyn do to celebrate the completion of her graduate degree?

3. Where did Trethewey's mother take her at Grant Park as a special treat one weekend?

4. Where did Trethewey and her mother move after her parents separated?

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

(see the answer key)

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