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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 phrase did Trethewey overhear in Part III that she did not understand the meaning of at first?
(a) Subdivison.
(b) White flight.
(c) Racism.
(d) Mortgage.

2. What did Joel tell Gwendolyn he would do if she left him?
(a) Kill her and the kids.
(b) Take all her money.
(c) Move out of state.
(d) Make sure people knew how bad she was.

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

4. What did Gwendolyn get for Trethewey that empowered her at the beginning in Part III?
(a) A record player.
(b) A guitar.
(c) A diary.
(d) A library card.

5. What did Trethewey avoid when she moved back to Atlanta as an adult more than a decade after her mother's death?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) The zoo.
(c) The park.
(d) The Interstate 285.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following images did Trethewey remember seeing the morning after her mother's death?

2. What protest did Trethewey's grandmother join in 1963?

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

4. Who was Trethewey's fifth-grade teacher?

5. What song did Trethewey also associate with a video she saw in school warning against the dangers of drug addiction?

(see the answer key)

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