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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 41 - 82).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What popular television show had Trethewey watched all summer in 1973?
(a) The Dick Van Dyke Show.
(b) I Dream of Genie.
(c) I Love Lucy.
(d) The Brady Bunch.

2. What occasion did Trethewey's birth coincide with?
(a) The fiftieth anniversary of the creation of the Ku Klux Klan.
(b) The Fifth anniversary of the March on Washington.
(c) The eightieth anniversary of the Tulsa massacre.
(d) The hundredth anniversary of Mississippi's Confederate Memorial Day.

3. What moment from Part II did Trethewey recall at her mother's funeral?
(a) An angry memory of when Joel hit Trethewey.
(b) A happy memory of her mother dancing at a party.
(c) A sad memory of her mother fighting with Joel.
(d) A suspicious moment when Trethewey thought Joel was stealing from her mother.

4. In what year was Trethewey born?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1971.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which great-grandmother does Trethewey write about in Part I?

2. What was the name of the man Gwendolyn brought home to meet Trethewey in Part II?

3. What happened to Trethewey when she first set out to start writing about her mother?

4. Which great-aunt did Trethewey spend much time with as a child?

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

(see the answer key)

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