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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 159 - 212).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What organization helped Gwendolyn when she was trying to leave Joel?
(a) The Women's Resource Center.
(b) The Council for Battered Women.
(c) The Black Women's Initiative.
(d) The Women Helping Women Center.

2. Where did Trethewey's father complete his graduate studies?
(a) New York City.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Biloxi.
(d) New Orleans.

3. What question did Trethewey's mother ask her in Part I in her dream?
(a) Do you know what it means to have a wound that never heals?
(b) How are you doing?
(c) What time is it?
(d) Can you forgive me?

4. Which Union Army leader did Trethewey admire in grade school?
(a) William Tecumseh Sherman.
(b) Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) Stonewall Jackson.
(d) Robert E. Lee.

5. What happened shortly after Trethewey told Gwendolyn about how Joel tormented her?
(a) Gwendolyn told Trethewey she needed to get a job.
(b) Gwendolyn put her plan in place to leave Joel.
(c) Gwendolyn sent Trethewey to live with her grandmother.
(d) Gwendolyn sent Trethewey to live with her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gwendolyn write in her own notes about the reasons she married Joel in the first place?

2. Why was Joel tried and convicted in 1983?

3. In what month did Gwendolyn's divorce from Joel become final?

4. What is written on the back of a photograph of Trethewey from her family's vacation to Mexico?

5. What imaginary name did Trethewey give to herself in Part III?

(see the answer key)

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