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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 occasion did Trethewey's birth coincide with?
(a) The eightieth anniversary of the Tulsa massacre.
(b) The hundredth anniversary of Mississippi's Confederate Memorial Day.
(c) The fiftieth anniversary of the creation of the Ku Klux Klan.
(d) The Fifth anniversary of the March on Washington.

2. What song did Trethewey remember was playing when she left Mississippi with her mother, even though it probably was not the song that she heard?
(a) Come Back to Me.
(b) Hold My Hand.
(c) Just My Imagination.
(d) Remember.

3. What did Joel make Trethewey do before taking her on drives?
(a) Call her grandmother.
(b) Eat.
(c) Pack a suitcase.
(d) Go the bathroom.

4. What was the name of the street Gwendolyn lived on when she was killed?
(a) Memorial Drive.
(b) Lakelane Drive.
(c) Stone Cold Drive.
(d) Wysteria Drive.

5. Where did Joel show up to see Trethewey shortly after Gwendolyn left him?
(a) At Trethewey's after-school job.
(b) At the library.
(c) A football game where Trethewey was cheerleading.
(d) At the women's shelter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Trethewey fear would happen to Gwendolyn after she talked back to Joel on her behalf in Part III?

2. Where did Trethewey live with her mother when they would go visit her father in graduate school?

3. What dream did Trethewey have recurring by the time she was in fourth grade?

4. How old was Gwendolyn when she was killed?

5. Who drove Trethewey from college back to Atlanta after her mother died?

(see the answer key)

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