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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. Which magazine published pictures of Emmett Till after his brutal death in 1955?
(a) Fusion.
(b) Jet.
(c) Ebony.
(d) Black Quarterly.

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

3. Which group of people did Trethewey's grandmother house in the 1960s, which raised the ire of the Ku Klux Klan?
(a) The Mennonites.
(b) The Jehovah's Witnesses.
(c) The Quakers.
(d) The Revers.

4. What job did Gwendolyn hold at the time of her death?
(a) Court reporter.
(b) Legal clerk.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Personnel director for human resources at the county mental health agency.

5. Which great-grandmother does Trethewey write about in Part I?
(a) Rona Doris.
(b) Eugenia McGee.
(c) Michelene Marine.
(d) Ramona Newell.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which aunt's and uncle's house was separated from Trethewey's by the highway?

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

4. What did Gwendolyn wear in her last formal photograph before she was killed?

5. How does hindsight make Trethewey see her mother's last portrait?

(see the answer key)

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