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

2. What John Banville Book does Trethewey begin the book with a quote from?
(a) The Fisher.
(b) The Starlight.
(c) The Sea.
(d) The Stallion.

3. Which of the following images did Trethewey remember seeing the morning after her mother's death?
(a) Blood on the stairwell.
(b) Young children playing around the crime tape.
(c) The photographers pushing open the door to the apartment building.
(d) A bullet hole in the wall of her bedroom.

4. What did Atlanta gain a reputation for during the civil rights era?
(a) Being racially progressive.
(b) Rioting.
(c) Bringing out people from all walks of life to protest.
(d) Having a strong court system.

5. What did Gwendolyn bring home as a reward for Trethewey's good grades in Part II?
(a) New clothes.
(b) A new book.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) A doll.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of disposition did Trethewey have as a child?

2. What kind of car did the man Gwendolyn introduced Trethewey to in Part II drive?

3. What did Joel tell Trethewey was the reason his feet were deformed?

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

5. What years did Trethewey try to forget as much about as she could?

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