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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 did Gwendolyn do to celebrate the completion of her graduate degree?
(a) Buy a new wardrobe.
(b) Open and drink champagne.
(c) Cook lobsters.
(d) Buy a new couch.

2. WHat did the Ku Klux Klan do to terrorize Trethewey's grandmother in the 1960s?
(a) Burned a cross in her driveway.
(b) Shot at her house.
(c) Hung a noose in her tree.
(d) Followed her in their trucks.

3. Which famous monument was in sight of the apartment Gwendolyn lived in when she was killed?
(a) Stone Mountain.
(b) Stonewall Jackson Memorial.
(c) Robert E. Lee Museum.
(d) Confederacy Hill.

4. Where was Trethewey born?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) North Carolina.

5. How does hindsight make Trethewey see her mother's last portrait?
(a) In a gloomy way.
(b) In a way that brings out a peaceful feeling in Trethewey.
(c) In a way that brings out anger in Trethewey.
(d) In a hopeful way.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Trethewey yell when she woke up from her dream in Part I?

2. What question did Trethewey's mother ask her in Part I in her dream?

3. How did Trethewey and her mother often get around the city in New Orleans?

4. What did Trethewey remember Gwendolyn wearing to work during her first years in Atlanta?

5. Who did Gwendolyn visit a few weeks before she was killed?

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