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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 was the name of the street Gwendolyn lived on when she was killed?
(a) Wysteria Drive.
(b) Memorial Drive.
(c) Lakelane Drive.
(d) Stone Cold Drive.

2. What did Trethewey hallucinate home from school with a high fever one day?
(a) That Joel died.
(b) That her father died.
(c) That her mother died.
(d) That filth fell onto her from her ceiling.

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

4. What did some children call Trethewey during a visit to New Orleans that was her first real experience of racism from other children?
(a) Zebra.
(b) Half-breed.
(c) Mulatto.
(d) Nigger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a strange feature of the last formal portrait of Gwendolyn?

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

3. What did Trethewey call the man Gwendolyn brought home for her to meet in Part II?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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