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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. How did Trethewey and her mother often get around the city in New Orleans?
(a) By streetcar.
(b) On foot.
(c) By bus.
(d) By train.

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) Never to let a man hit her.
(d) To always have a job with which she could support herself.

3. What game did Trethewey sometimes play with her friend Dede?
(a) Fool's Gold.
(b) Knock out.
(c) Bloody Mary.
(d) Apples to Apples.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Supreme Court case ruled that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional?

2. Where is Trethewey's distinctive birthmark?

3. What truth did the photograph of Trethewey with her family from 1974 make clear, according to her?

4. How long after Gwendolyn's death did Trethewey go back to the place she was murdered?

5. How old was Gwendolyn when she was killed?

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