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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 40).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Trethewey born?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1971.

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

3. What profession did Trethewey's father pursue?
(a) Writing.
(b) Law.
(c) Carpentry.
(d) Medicine.

4. In which organization was Trethewey's father once an officer?
(a) The U.S. Coast Guard.
(b) The Royal Canadian Navy.
(c) The Royal Canadian Coast Guard.
(d) The U.S. Air Force.

5. What advice did Trethewey's great aunt give her when she was still a child?
(a) Never to marry a man with less education that she had herself.
(b) Never to let a man hit her.
(c) To always have a lipstick in her purse.
(d) To always have a job with which she could support herself.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Trethewey take long walks with her father?

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

4. What is a strange feature of the last formal portrait of Gwendolyn?

5. Where did Trethewey go on vacation with her parents in Part I?

(see the answer key)

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