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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 years did Trethewey try to forget as much about as she could?
(a) The years between 1970 and 1980.
(b) The years between 1980 and 1989.
(c) The years between 1990 and 1998.
(d) The years between 1973 and 1985.

2. Which famous monument was in sight of the apartment Gwendolyn lived in when she was killed?
(a) Stone Mountain.
(b) Confederacy Hill.
(c) Robert E. Lee Museum.
(d) Stonewall Jackson Memorial.

3. What does Trethewey believe one needs to do to be able to survive trauma?
(a) Fight it.
(b) Tell a story about it.
(c) Compartmentalize it.
(d) Suppress it.

4. What grade was Trethewey in the first time she heard her mother being beaten?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Second.
(c) Fifth.
(d) Third.

5. What did Trethewey's father always tell her she would become when she grew up?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A writer.
(d) An astronaut.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two things Trethewey knew about Abraham Lincoln in elementary school?

2. What was unusual about the plant Trethewey took from her mother's apartment after her death?

3. What did Gwendolyn write about Joel's feelings towards Trethewey?

4. What happened to Trethewey when she first set out to start writing about her mother?

5. What did Trethewey find five years after her mother's death?

(see the answer key)

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