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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 Trethewey see on her mother's face in her dream in Part I that related to her mother's death?
(a) A hole in the center of her forehead.
(b) Blood.
(c) Anger.
(d) Fear.

2. What was the last image Trethewey had of her mother before Gwendolyn's death?
(a) A photo her younger brother took.
(b) A photo her father took.
(c) A formal portrait.
(d) A painting by a friend.

3. What name did Trethewey's father assign her in the short stories he wrote?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Ilias.
(c) Athena.
(d) Persephone.

4. What was the name of Trethewey's grandfather, Gwendolyn's father, who Trethewey never met?
(a) Lenny.
(b) Robert.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Stennie.

5. What kind of disposition did Trethewey have as a child?
(a) Always joyful and joking.
(b) Calm and relaxed.
(c) Angry and brooding.
(d) Superstitious and anxious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game did Trethewey sometimes play with her friend Dede?

2. Which family that Trethewey and her family befriended reminded her of the Jackson Five?

3. Where did Gwendolyn get a job in the early years she and Trethewey were in Atlanta?

4. What job did Gwendolyn hold at the time of her death?

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

(see the answer key)

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